WW 189 SEVERE TSTM OK TX 062040Z – 070400Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 189
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
340 PM CDT Sat May 6 2023
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
South-central Oklahoma
Central and Northern Texas
* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 340 PM until
1100 PM CDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75
mph likely
Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 3
inches in diameter likely
SUMMARY...Scattered intense thunderstorms are expected from late
afternoon into this evening. Very large hail to around 3 inches in
diameter and damaging gusts to 75 mph will be possible with these
storms as they track east/northeast.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70
statute miles east and west of a line from 30 miles northwest of
Ardmore OK to 45 miles south southeast of Abilene 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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AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
3 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
23030.
...Leitman
