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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 364

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

900 PM CDT Sat Jun 15 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Western and central Oklahoma

  Western North Texas



* Effective this Saturday night and Sunday morning from 900 PM

  until 400 AM CDT.



...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...



* Primary threats include...

  Widespread damaging winds and scattered significant gusts to 80

    mph likely

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2.5

    inches in diameter possible

  A couple tornadoes possible



SUMMARY...Potentially significant and widespread severe storms

capable of wind damage are expected to continue eastward and impact

a considerable portion of western into central Oklahoma as well as

western north Texas this evening into the overnight. There is high

confidence in widespread damaging winds along with isolated large

hail and possibly some tornado risk as these storms move/accelerate

east-northeastward.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 105

statute miles north and south of a line from 40 miles west northwest

of Altus OK to 25 miles south southeast of Chandler OK. 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 359...WW 360...WW

361...WW 362...WW 363...



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

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

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 650. Mean storm motion vector

26035.



...Guyer

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