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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 285

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

405 PM CDT Fri Jun 19 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Far Southwest Oklahoma

  West/Northwest Texas



* Effective this Friday afternoon and evening from 405 PM until

  1100 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75

    mph possible

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2

    inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Thunderstorms are expected to gradually intensify across

parts of the Texas Panhandle and the Texas South Plains/Permian

Basin vicinity through late afternoon/early evening, while

additional severe storms may occur with a band of storms near the

southwest Oklahoma/western North Texas border vicinity. One or more

linear clusters may develop later this evening and move toward the

Low Rolling Plains/western North Texas. Large hail and damaging

winds are expected.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 90

statute miles east and west of a line from 55 miles west northwest

of Clinton OK to 25 miles south southwest of Big Spring TX. 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 284...



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 500. Mean storm motion vector

29020.



...Guyer

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