WW 551 SEVERE TSTM OK 160030Z – 160700Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 551
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
730 PM CDT Sat Oct 15 2022
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Western and central Oklahoma
* Effective this Saturday night and Sunday morning from 730 PM
until 200 AM 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...Severe thunderstorms are expected to increase in coverage
through the remainder of this evening and move southeast with a risk
for large hail and damaging gusts.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50
statute miles north and south of a line from 35 miles west of
Clinton OK to 85 miles east southeast of Oklahoma City OK. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).
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 550...
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 500. Mean storm motion vector
29025.
...Bunting
