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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 194

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

110 PM CDT SAT MAY 23 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA

  WESTERN NORTH TEXAS INTO THE SOUTH PLAINS AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF

THE PANHANDLE



* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 110 PM UNTIL

  700 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...SEVERE STORMS ARE FORECAST TO EVOLVE ACROSS PORTIONS OF

THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND SOUTH PLAINS REGION EAST INTO SOUTHWESTERN

OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON...ALONG AND SOUTH OF

THE BAND OF STORMS CURRENTLY ONGOING ACROSS WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND

ADJACENT NORTHWESTERN TEXAS.  LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS

WILL BE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH A FEW TORNADOES.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 75 MILES WEST OF PLAINVIEW

TEXAS TO 25 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF FORT SILL OKLAHOMA.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR

TORNADOES AND 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.



&&



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 55 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22030.





...GOSS

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038 

WWUS20 KWNS 231813

SEL4

SPC WW 231813

OKZ000-TXZ000-240000-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 194

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

110 PM CDT SAT MAY 23 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA

  WESTERN NORTH TEXAS INTO THE SOUTH PLAINS AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF

THE PANHANDLE



* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 110 PM UNTIL

  700 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...SEVERE STORMS ARE FORECAST TO EVOLVE ACROSS PORTIONS OF

THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND SOUTH PLAINS REGION EAST INTO SOUTHWESTERN

OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON...ALONG AND SOUTH OF

THE BAND OF STORMS CURRENTLY ONGOING ACROSS WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND

ADJACENT NORTHWESTERN TEXAS.  LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS

WILL BE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH A FEW TORNADOES.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 75 MILES WEST OF PLAINVIEW

TEXAS TO 25 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF FORT SILL OKLAHOMA.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR

TORNADOES AND 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.



&&



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 55 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22030.





...GOSS

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