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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 682
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
545 PM CDT Tue Sep 24 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Central Oklahoma

* Effective this Tuesday afternoon and evening from 545 PM until
  1100 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
    inches in diameter possible
  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

SUMMARY...Widely scattered thunderstorms will intensify early this
evening across central Oklahoma and drift eastward across the watch
area.  Initial storms will pose a risk of large hail, with an
increasing threat of gusty/damaging winds later this evening.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50
statute miles north and south of a line from 35 miles northwest of
Chickasha OK to 15 miles east northeast of Mcalester OK. 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.

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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 681...

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
28030.

...Hart