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WWUS20 KWNS 200035
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SPC WW 200035
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 264
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
735 PM CDT Sun May 19 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Central and Northern Oklahoma

* Effective this Sunday night from 735 PM until Midnight CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75
    mph possible
  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
    inches in diameter possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...A cluster of severe thunderstorms will likely move east
into central Oklahoma during the evening.  Additional isolated
severe thunderstorms are possible this evening.  The risk for large
to very large hail and severe gusts will accompany any mature
supercell.  The severe risk is expected to lessen later this evening
as convective inhibition strengthens.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 35
statute miles north and south of a line from 65 miles southwest of
Enid OK to 5 miles south southeast of Bartlesville OK. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).

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 259...WW 260...WW
261...WW 262...WW 263...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector
27025.

...Smith