Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation Msg
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 426
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
420 AM CDT Tue Jun 17 2025

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  North-Central and Northeast Oklahoma

* Effective this Tuesday morning from 420 AM until 1000 AM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts
    to 80 mph possible

SUMMARY...A small but intense bowing cluster of thunderstorms will
move quickly southeastward this morning while posing a threat for
mainly severe/damaging winds. Peak gusts may reach up to 70-80 mph
before the cluster eventually weakens with southward extent into
Oklahoma.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 40
statute miles north and south of a line from 10 miles west northwest
of Enid OK to 25 miles northeast of Tulsa 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 425...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 70 knots. A few
cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
31040.

...Gleason