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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 179

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1200 AM CDT TUE MAY 17 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTHWEST TEXAS



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING FROM MIDNIGHT UNTIL 500 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...A BAND OF SEVERE STORMS IN THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE

AND SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA COULD PERSIST FOR A FEW MORE HOURS AS THE

STORMS MOVE TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST.  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING

WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS...PRIOR TO THE STORMS

WEAKENING.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 25

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES WEST OF

CHILDRESS TEXAS TO 30 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF WICHITA FALLS

TEXAS.  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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 178...



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 500. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 29025.





...THOMPSON

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