WW 53 SEVERE TSTM OK TX 211900Z – 220200Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 53
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
200 PM CDT Mon Mar 21 2022
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Southwest and South-central Oklahoma
Northwest Texas
* Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 200 PM until
900 PM CDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered large hail likely with isolated very large hail events
to 2 inches in diameter possible
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
A tornado or two possible
SUMMARY...Bands of storms will continue to develop and intensify
through mid/late afternoon across the Low Rolling Plains of
northwest Texas, and subsequently into southwest/south-central
Oklahoma by evening. Isolated large hail and damaging winds are
expected to be the primary hazards.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 75
statute miles east and west of a line from 25 miles north northwest
of Fort Sill OK to 25 miles east southeast of Abilene TX. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).
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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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 450. Mean storm motion vector
23035.
...Guyer
