WW 33 SEVERE TSTM OK TX 152145Z – 160400Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 33
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
345 PM CST Wed Feb 15 2023
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Central and eastern Oklahoma
North Texas
* Effective this Wednesday afternoon and evening from 345 PM
until 1000 PM CST.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
inches in diameter possible
Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
A tornado or two possible
SUMMARY...Supercell thunderstorms are expected to develop and
increase in coverage over the next couple of hours. These storms
will spread northeast with an attendant threat for large to very
large hail and damaging gusts. A tornado or two may be possible this
evening closer to the Red River.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
statute miles east and west of a line from 50 miles north northwest
of Mcalester OK to 15 miles southeast of Fort Worth 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 400. Mean storm motion vector
24035.
...Leitman/Thompson
