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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 205

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

440 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTHEASTERN AND EAST-CENTRAL OKLAHOMA



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON FROM 440 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT

  CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 75

    MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...INCREASINGLY WELL-ORGANIZED COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH

AT LEAST ONE EMBEDDED SUPERCELL IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD

NEAR A RESIDUAL BOUNDARY...IN A VERY MOIST...HIGH-INSTABILITY

ENVIRONMENT...WITH SOME THREAT FOR UPSCALE GROWTH AND LATERAL

EXPANSION.  DAMAGING GUSTS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT...BUT LARGE HAIL

ALSO REMAINS POSSIBLE; THE POTENTIAL FOR TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT

AS WELL.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTH

NORTHEAST OF CHANDLER OKLAHOMA TO 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MCALESTER

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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 203...WW 204...



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

TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 65

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 600. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 32030.





...EDWARDS

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