WW 327 TORNADO KS OK TX 172135Z – 180400Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 327
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
435 PM CDT Sat Jun 17 2023
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Tornado Watch for portions of
Far southwest Kansas
Western Oklahoma and Panhandle
Texas Panhandle
* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 435 PM until
1100 PM CDT.
* Primary threats include...
A couple tornadoes possible
Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 90
mph likely
Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 3.5
inches in diameter likely
SUMMARY...A QLCS will sweep east from southeast Colorado and the
Raton Mesa, with a few discrete supercells expected ahead of it in
the Panhandles to western Oklahoma.
The tornado watch area is approximately along and 85 statute miles
east and west of a line from 45 miles northeast of Liberal KS to 45
miles southwest of Clinton OK. For a complete depiction of the watch
see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMEMBER...A Tornado Watch means conditions are favorable for
tornadoes and 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.
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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 323...WW 324...WW
325...WW 326...
AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail
surface and aloft to 3.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind
gusts to 80 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean
storm motion vector 27040.
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