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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 202
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1045 AM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
  SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA
  NORTHWEST TEXAS

* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1045 AM UNTIL
  700 PM CDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
  NUMEROUS DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY
  SEVERAL LARGE HAIL EVENTS WITH A FEW VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2
    INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 45
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF ALTUS OKLAHOMA TO 15 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF POTEAU OKLAHOMA.
 FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).

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 201...

DISCUSSION...THE NORTHERN FLANK OF AN EVOLVING MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE
SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA LATE THIS
MORNING... THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS.  SEVERE HAIL MAY BE THE
PRIMARY SEVERE THREAT IN STORMS APPROACHING THE OKLAHOMA CITY
METROPOLITAN AREA THROUGH MIDDAY...BUT POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS MAY BECOME THE PREDOMINANT SEVERE THREAT IN A SWATH CLOSER TO
THE RED RIVER THIS AFTERNOON.

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 27035.


...KERR
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