SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 379

WW 379 SEVERE TSTM OK TX 272215Z – 280300Z


URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 379
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
515 PM CDT THU JUN 27 2013

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
  NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA TO THE CENTRAL OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE
  THE NORTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE

* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 515 PM UNTIL
  1000 PM CDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
  SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
  A FEW LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 40
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 70 MILES WEST OF
GAGE OKLAHOMA TO 25 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF PONCA CITY OKLAHOMA.
 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.

&&

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 377...WW 378...

DISCUSSION...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN SW AND CENTRAL KS WILL MOVE
SEWD INTO N/NW OK AND THE OK/TX PANHANDLES THIS EVENING WITH A RISK
FOR DAMAGING GUSTS...AND PERHAPS SOME HAIL IN N CENTRAL OK WHERE
INSTABILITY IS STRONGEST.

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS.
A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 600. MEAN STORM MOTION
VECTOR 34030.


...THOMPSON

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