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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 399

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

650 PM CDT THU JUL 9 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  CENTRAL AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE

  TEXAS PANHANDLE AND SOUTH PLAINS



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 650 PM

  UNTIL 100 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE NEW MEXICO/TEXAS LINE MAY BECOME

ORGANIZED INTO A GENERALLY SOUTH-NORTH BAND AND MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS

THE WATCH AREA...OFFERING SEVERE WIND AND OCCASIONAL LARGE HAIL.

THREAT SHOULD DIMINISH AS STORMS APPROACH THE EASTERN PANHANDLE

COUNTIES LATE THIS EVENING.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTH OF

LUBBOCK TEXAS TO 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF GUYMON OKLAHOMA.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).



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 398...



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 27025.





...EDWARDS

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