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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 263

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

940 PM CDT Sat Jun 12 2021



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Oklahoma Panhandle

  Texas Panhandle



* Effective this Saturday night and Sunday morning from 940 PM

  until 300 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 80

    mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Storms moving off the higher terrain will pose a risk for

damaging wind and large hail as they continue east through the

Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles this evening.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55

statute miles east and west of a line from 40 miles northwest of

Guymon OK to 35 miles south southwest of Plainview 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 262...



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

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

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector

29035.



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