WW 217 SEVERE TSTM OK TX 122040Z – 130400Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 217
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
340 PM CDT Fri May 12 2023
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Southwest/Central/Northeast Oklahoma
Northwest Texas
* Effective this Friday afternoon and evening from 340 PM until
1100 PM CDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
inches in diameter possible
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
SUMMARY...Thunderstorms are expected to increase in coverage and
intensity this afternoon and evening across northwest Texas and
southwest/central/northeast Oklahoma. Strong instability will
support robust updrafts capable of large hail. Damaging downbursts
are possible as well. Storms may grow upscale into a convective
line, which could also produce damaging wind gusts as it moves
southeastward.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70
statute miles east and west of a line from 45 miles south of Wichita
Falls TX to 30 miles west northwest of Tulsa OK. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).
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 215...WW 216...
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
24035.
...Mosier
