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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 474

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

1005 PM CDT Sat Aug 29 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Southwest Oklahoma

  Western North Texas



* Effective this Saturday night and Sunday morning from 1005 PM

  until 500 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75

    mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...A complex of thunderstorms is expected to move

east-southeastward out of the southern Texas Panhandle into

southwest Oklahoma and the western part of North Texas late this

evening and early in the overnight. The most intense storms are

expected south of Interstate 40 in Oklahoma southward toward the Red

River vicinity, potentially including areas such as

Hobart/Altus/Lawton Oklahoma as well as Wichita Falls. Damaging

winds can be expected as well as isolated large hail.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60

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

OK to 35 miles east southeast of Fort Sill 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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 470...WW 472...WW 473...



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

1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A

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

28030.



...Guyer

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