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OKZ000-TXZ000-170500-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 177

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

400 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  CENTRAL OKLAHOMA

  NORTHWEST TEXAS



* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON FROM 400 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT

  CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES LIKELY WITH A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...SEVERE STORMS INCLUDING SUPERCELLS AND LINE SEGMENTS WILL

DEVELOP EWD INTO CNTRL OK THIS EVENING. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND

AND A FEW TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE. POTENTIAL ALSO EXISTS FOR A

COUPLE OF STRONG TORNADOES.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTH OF ALVA

OKLAHOMA TO 25 MILES SOUTH OF ARDMORE OKLAHOMA.  FOR A COMPLETE

DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR

TORNADOES AND 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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 175...WW 176...



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25035.





...DIAL

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424 

WWUS20 KWNS 162057

SEL7

SPC WW 162057

OKZ000-TXZ000-170500-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 177

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

400 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  CENTRAL OKLAHOMA

  NORTHWEST TEXAS



* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON FROM 400 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT

  CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES LIKELY WITH A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...SEVERE STORMS INCLUDING SUPERCELLS AND LINE SEGMENTS WILL

DEVELOP EWD INTO CNTRL OK THIS EVENING. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND

AND A FEW TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE. POTENTIAL ALSO EXISTS FOR A

COUPLE OF STRONG TORNADOES.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTH OF ALVA

OKLAHOMA TO 25 MILES SOUTH OF ARDMORE OKLAHOMA.  FOR A COMPLETE

DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR

TORNADOES AND 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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 175...WW 176...



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25035.





...DIAL

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