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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 95

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

705 PM CDT SAT APR 16 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA

  NORTHWEST TEXAS



* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 705 PM

  UNTIL 200 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH POSSIBLE

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE WATCH AREA AS WELL

AS MOVE IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST DURING THE REMAINDER OF THIS

EVENING...WITH THE MAIN THREATS BEING DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL.

A TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT...HOWEVER.  SEE SPC MESOSCALE

DISCUSSION 398 FOR INITIAL METEOROLOGICAL DETAILS.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF

WICHITA FALLS TEXAS TO 20 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF ALTUS

OKLAHOMA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



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 93...WW 94...



AVIATION...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 23025.





...EDWARDS

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