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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 196

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

845 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA

  NORTHWEST TEXAS



* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 845 PM

  UNTIL 300 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...SUPERCELLS AND OTHER NEIGHBORING STORMS HAVE AGGREGATED

INTO A LARGE CLUSTER ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE REGION.

 A COLD POOL IS INCREASINGLY EVIDENT IN WEST TEXAS MESONET DATA IN

THE TRAILING AIR MASS...AND AN MCV ALSO APPEARS TO BE DEVELOPING.

THESE FACTORS...ALONG WITH OTHERS COVERED IN SPC MESOSCALE

DISCUSSION 684...SUGGEST POTENTIAL FOR THE COMPLEX TO SHIFT DOWN THE

RED RIVER VALLEY AND PRODUCE OCCASIONALLY DAMAGING WIND...AS WELL AS

SOME HAIL.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES WEST

SOUTHWEST OF ALTUS OKLAHOMA TO 35 MILES EAST OF WICHITA FALLS

TEXAS.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED

WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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 190...WW 191...WW

192...WW 193...WW 194...WW 195...



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

TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 28025.





...EDWARDS

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