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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 473

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

835 PM CDT Sat Aug 29 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Texas Panhandle and South Plains



* Effective this Saturday night from 835 PM until Midnight CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 80

    mph possible

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2

    inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...A loosely organized complex of storms will continue to

steadily progress east-southeastward across the eastern Texas

Panhandle toward the Low Rolling Plains. Wind-driven large hail can

be expected with the most intense storms.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60

statute miles north and south of a line from 70 miles west northwest

of Childress TX to 20 miles northeast of Childress TX. For a

complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline

update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



REMEMBER...A Severe Thunderstorm Watch means conditions are

favorable for severe thunderstorms in and close to the watch area.

Persons in these areas should be on the lookout for threatening

weather conditions and listen for later statements and possible

warnings. Severe thunderstorms can and occasionally do produce

tornadoes.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 470...WW 471...WW 472...



AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to

2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 70 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector

28030.



...Guyer

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