WW 187 SEVERE TSTM OK TX 052055Z – 060300Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 187
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
355 PM CDT Fri May 5 2023
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Far Southern Oklahoma
Central and North Texas
* Effective this Friday afternoon and evening from 355 PM until
1000 PM CDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2.5
inches in diameter possible
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
A tornado or two possible
SUMMARY...Widely scattered thunderstorms will continue to develop
and intensify, initially across central/western North Texas through
late afternoon and early evening. This includes the potential for
supercells capable of large hail. Storms could eventually cluster by
early evening as they persist eastward toward the I-35 corridor.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 80
statute miles east and west of a line from 60 miles west northwest
of Sherman TX to 40 miles west southwest of Austin TX. 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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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 550. Mean storm motion vector
25020.
...Guyer
