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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 398

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

925 PM CDT Tue Jun 18 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Western and central Oklahoma

  Northwest Texas



* Effective this Tuesday night and Wednesday morning from 925 PM

  until 500 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2

    inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Thunderstorms over parts of the Texas Panhandle and

Northwest Texas are forecast to move into Oklahoma this evening and

persist into the overnight hours.  The stronger storms will be

capable of large hail and severe gusts this evening before

transitioning to primarily a risk for wind damage overnight.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 80

statute miles east and west of a line from 20 miles west northwest

of Enid OK to 70 miles south of Wichita Falls TX. 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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 395...WW 396...WW 397...



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 600. Mean storm motion vector

29030.



...Smith/Edwards

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