WW 629 SEVERE TSTM OK 112255Z – 120300Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 629 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 555 PM CDT Fri Aug 11 2023 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Western Oklahoma * Effective this Friday afternoon and evening from 555 PM until 1000 PM CDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible SUMMARY...High-based thunderstorms will pose a primary threat for damaging downburst winds through late evening as the storms spread eastward. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 40 statute miles east and west of a line from 70 miles north of Clinton OK to 40 miles south of Clinton OK. 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 625...WW 626...WW 627...WW 628... 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 550. Mean storm motion vector 26020. ...Thompson
