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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 308

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

915 PM CDT TUE JUN 28 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA

  LOW ROLLING PLAINS AND NORTHWEST TEXAS



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 915 PM

  UNTIL 300 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 75

    MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...A COMPLEX OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH A HISTORY OF

MULTIPLE...MEASURED-SEVERE GUSTS IN WESTERN OKLAHOMA...SHOULD

MAINTAIN ITS SEVERE-WIND THREAT AT LEAST A FEW MORE HOURS AS IT

TURNS MORE SOUTHWESTWARD ACROSS NORTHWEST TEXAS...BEFORE WEAKENING

LATE TONIGHT IN WEST TEXAS.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES EAST

NORTHEAST OF CHILDRESS TEXAS TO 130 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF

CHILDRESS 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...CONTINUE...WW 304...WW 306...WW 307...



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

TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 65

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

MOTION VECTOR 02035.





...EDWARDS

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