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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 138

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

115 AM CDT THU MAY 7 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EXTREME SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA

  PARTS OF NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING FROM 115 AM UNTIL 700 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2

    INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...CLUSTERS OF SEVERE STORMS...INCLUDING EMBEDDED

SUPERCELLS...WILL LIKELY PERSIST FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS ALONG

AND S OF THE RED RIVER...WITH A CONTINUED RISK FOR LARGE

HAIL/DAMAGING WINDS.  AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT WITH

THE MORE INTENSE EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 40

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES WEST

SOUTHWEST OF WICHITA FALLS TEXAS TO 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SHERMAN

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

WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).



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...THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REPLACES

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 137. WATCH NUMBER 137 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT

AFTER 115 AM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 136...



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 500. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 28020.





...THOMPSON

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167 

WWUS20 KWNS 070613

SEL8

SPC WW 070613

OKZ000-TXZ000-071200-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 138

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

115 AM CDT THU MAY 7 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EXTREME SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA

  PARTS OF NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING FROM 115 AM UNTIL 700 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2

    INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...CLUSTERS OF SEVERE STORMS...INCLUDING EMBEDDED

SUPERCELLS...WILL LIKELY PERSIST FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS ALONG

AND S OF THE RED RIVER...WITH A CONTINUED RISK FOR LARGE

HAIL/DAMAGING WINDS.  AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT WITH

THE MORE INTENSE EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 40

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES WEST

SOUTHWEST OF WICHITA FALLS TEXAS TO 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SHERMAN

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

WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).



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...THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REPLACES

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 137. WATCH NUMBER 137 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT

AFTER 115 AM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 136...



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 500. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 28020.





...THOMPSON

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