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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 110
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
230 PM CDT Mon Apr 15 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Tornado Watch for portions of
  Southwest Oklahoma
  Northwest Texas

* Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 230 PM until
  900 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  A couple tornadoes possible
  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 3
    inches in diameter likely
  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75
    mph possible

SUMMARY...Severe thunderstorms are expected to develop in the next 1
to 2 hours across northwest Texas and shift east through early
evening. Large hail and damaging gusts are possible initially, with
an increasing tornado risk expected during the evening.

The tornado watch area is approximately along and 70 statute miles
east and west of a line from 40 miles west southwest of San Angelo
TX to 50 miles northwest of Wichita Falls TX. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).

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 109...

AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail
surface and aloft to 3 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind
gusts to 65 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean
storm motion vector 24035.

...Leitman