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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 149

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

915 PM CDT Tue May 7 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Far southern Kansas

  Southwest to northeast Oklahoma

  Western north Texas



* Effective this Tuesday night and Wednesday morning from 915 PM

  until 500 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes and a couple intense tornadoes possible

  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 80

    mph likely

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2

    inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...An extensive squall line will push east from western

Oklahoma and south-central Kansas, while scattered thunderstorms

develop ahead of the line across central Oklahoma to southeast

Kansas. All hazards are possible, but damaging winds and a few

tornadoes should be the primary threats.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 85 statute miles

east and west of a line from 30 miles west southwest of Wichita

Falls TX to 55 miles northwest of Bartlesville OK. For a complete

depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



REMEMBER...A Tornado Watch means conditions are favorable for

tornadoes and 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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...This tornado watch replaces tornado

watch number 146...tornado watch number 148. Watch number 146 148

will not be in effect after 915 PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 144...WW

145...WW 147...



AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail

surface and aloft to 2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 70 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean

storm motion vector 24030.



...Grams

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