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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 386

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

625 PM CDT THU JUL 14 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA

  NORTHWEST TEXAS AND EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 625 PM

  UNTIL 100 AM 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...THUNDERSTORMS FORMING IN THE CENTRAL TO EASTERN TEXAS

PANHANDLE ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SEVERE HAIL AND GUSTS BEFORE

POTENTIALLY ORGANIZING INTO A LARGER CLUSTER THAT WOULD MOVE TOWARD

SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST TEXAS.  A TORNADO CANNOT BE

RULED OUT AS WELL EARLY IN A PANHANDLE STORM'S LIFE CYCLE...BUT THE

PREDOMINANT THREAT OVER THE ENTIRE WATCH AREA AND DURATION IS

DAMAGING WIND.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55

STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES WEST NORTHWEST

OF CHILDRESS TEXAS TO 40 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF FORT SILL

OKLAHOMA.  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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 384...WW 385...



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 550. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 28030.





...EDWARDS

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