WW 360 SEVERE TSTM OK TX 222130Z – 230300Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 360
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
430 PM CDT Thu Jun 22 2023
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Southwest and south central Oklahoma
Extreme northwest Texas
* Effective this Thursday afternoon and evening from 430 PM until
1000 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...Clusters of severe storms, including supercells, will
spread east-southeastward through the evening across southwest
Oklahoma and adjacent areas of south central Oklahoma and the Red
River counties of northwest Texas. Occasional severe outflow gusts
of 60-70 mph and large hail of 1-2 inches in diameter are expected
through this evening.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50
statute miles north and south of a line from 45 miles west northwest
of Altus OK to 55 miles southeast of Chickasha OK. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).
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 358...WW 359...
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 550. Mean storm motion vector
31025.
...Thompson
