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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 219

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

325 PM CDT Sun May 24 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Western Oklahoma

  West Texas including the Eastern Panhandle



* Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 325 PM until

  1000 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2.5

    inches in diameter likely

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely



SUMMARY...Thunderstorms will form along the dryline and track

eastward across the watch area this afternoon and early evening.

Damaging winds and large hail will be possible in the stronger

cells.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60

statute miles east and west of a line from 60 miles southeast of

Lubbock TX to 165 miles north of Childress TX. 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 217...WW 218...



AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to

2.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector

24030.



...Hart

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