URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 79
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
510 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2016
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
WESTERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
EXTREME NORTHWEST TEXAS
* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 510 PM UNTIL
1000 PM CDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2.5
INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AND SPREAD
NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH LATE EVENING TOWARD CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. THE
STORM ENVIRONMENT WILL BECOME FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS WITH LARGE
HAIL AND ISOLATED DAMAGING WINDS THIS EVENING. THE TORNADO RISK WILL
BE MARGINAL AT BEST FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS...BUT SOUTHWEST INTO
CENTRAL OKLAHOMA WILL CONTINUE TO BE MONITORED FOR ANY INCREASE IN
TORNADO RISK AFTER SUNSET.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES WEST
NORTHWEST OF FORT SILL OKLAHOMA TO 15 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF
CHANDLER OKLAHOMA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).
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 78...
AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 24030.
...THOMPSON
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