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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 494

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

230 PM CDT THU OCT 6 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  WESTERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA

  NORTHWEST TEXAS



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 230 PM UNTIL

  1000 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL LIKELY WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS

    TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...AN INCREASE IN SEVERE STORMS APPEARS LIKELY LATE THIS

AFTERNOON ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA.  INITIAL

ACTIVITY MAY INCLUDE SUPERCELLS...BEFORE STORMS EVOLVE INTO ONE OR

MORE CLUSTERS AND SPREAD EASTWARD/SOUTHWARD ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL

OKLAHOMA.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTH OF ENID

OKLAHOMA TO 35 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF ALTUS OKLAHOMA.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).



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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 493...



AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT

TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 27035.





...KERR

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