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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 468

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

825 PM CDT MON AUG 3 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND FAR WESTERN OKLAHOMA

  THE TEXAS PANHANDLE



* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 825 PM

  UNTIL 200 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAVE FORMED AND PERSISTED OVER THE FAR

WRN OK AND FAR NW TX PANHANDLE OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS ARE EXPECTED

TO MOVE / DEVELOP GENERALLY E/SE THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY. THE STORMS

COULD EVOLVE INTO A CLUSTER...WITH EMBEDDED STORMS POSING A RISK FOR

LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND...HAIL...AND PERHAPS A BRIEF TORNADO.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES EAST

NORTHEAST OF GUYMON OKLAHOMA TO 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF AMARILLO

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.



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

TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

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

MOTION VECTOR 30020.





...CORFIDI

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