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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 168
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1025 PM CDT Tue Apr 30 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Tornado Watch for portions of
  Southwest Oklahoma
  Northwest Texas

* Effective this Tuesday night from 1025 PM until Midnight CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  A couple tornadoes possible
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
  Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

SUMMARY...A cluster of supercells near the Red River may continue to
support a risk for tornadoes for the next couple of hours.

The tornado watch area is approximately along and 25 statute miles
east and west of a line from 45 miles north of Wichita Falls TX to
15 miles southwest of Wichita Falls TX. For a complete depiction of
the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS
WOU8).

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 164...WW 166...WW 167...

AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail
surface and aloft to 1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind
gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean
storm motion vector 29015.

...Smith