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WWUS20 KWNS 200440
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SPC WW 200440
OKZ000-201100-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 266
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1140 PM CDT Sun May 19 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Northern into Northeast Oklahoma

* Effective this Sunday night and Monday morning from 1140 PM
  until 600 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...Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms will likely
persist tonight and gradually develop east across the Watch area.  A
west to east oriented cluster of thunderstorms, occasionally
containing a supercell or two, will potentially be capable of large
hail and severe gusts.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 35
statute miles north and south of a line from 45 miles southwest of
Ponca City OK to 5 miles east of Grove OK. For a complete depiction
of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS
WOU6).

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 262...WW 264...WW 265...

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
27025.

...Smith