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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 75

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

130 PM CDT Wed Apr 17 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Western Oklahoma

  Eastern Texas Panhandle



* Effective this Wednesday afternoon and evening from 130 PM

  until 800 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 3

    inches in diameter likely

  Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts

    to 75 mph possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Scattered thunderstorms should develop along a stationary

front and dryline across the eastern Texas Panhandle and then spread

into western Oklahoma. Large hail (some significant) is the primary

initial threat with severe wind gusts possible in the late afternoon

to early evening.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70

statute miles east and west of a line from 70 miles west of Altus OK

to 100 miles north of Clinton OK. 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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AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to

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

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector

24035.



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