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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 259

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

755 PM CDT Sun May 26 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Northwest Oklahoma

  Texas Panhandle



* Effective this Sunday night and Monday morning from 755 PM

  until 200 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes likely with a couple intense tornadoes possible

  Widespread damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 90

    mph likely

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2

    inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Bowing squall line will move northeast across the

Panhandles this evening, with a discrete supercell or two trailing

south of the line. Damaging winds should be the most widespread

hazard, but tornadoes and large hail are possible as well.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 60 statute miles

east and west of a line from 45 miles west southwest of Lubbock TX

to 110 miles northeast of Borger TX. 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...CONTINUE...WW 252...WW 253...WW

254...WW 255...WW 256...WW 257...WW 258...



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

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

gusts to 80 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean

storm motion vector 22045.



...Grams

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