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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 78

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

330 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA

  PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN TEXAS AND THE TEXAS SOUTH

PLAINS/PANHANDLE



* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 330 PM UNTIL

  1000 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2.5

    INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO GRADUALLY INCREASE ACROSS

THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...AND SPREAD

EAST-NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING.  LARGE HAIL

AND LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN SEVERE RISKS...THOUGH A

BRIEF TORNADO IS POSSIBLE.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES WEST OF

LUBBOCK TEXAS TO 40 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF ALTUS OKLAHOMA.  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 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 24035.





...GOSS

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