Monday, April 11, 2016

SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 82

WW 82 SEVERE TSTM OK TX 110250Z - 111000Z
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 82
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
950 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2016

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
  CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA
  NORTHWEST TEXAS

* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 950 PM
  UNTIL 500 AM 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...SCATTERED SEVERE STORMS...SOME WITH SUPERCELL
STRUCTURE...WILL PERSIST AND SPREAD EASTWARD THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS.  THE STORM ENVIRONMENT MAY SUPPORT AN ISOLATED TORNADO WITH
THE SUPERCELLS NEAR WICHITA FALLS THROUGH ABOUT 11PM LOCAL
TIME...BUT LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN RISK.  MERGERS OF STORMS
COULD ALSO LEAD CLUSTER FORMATION AND THE RISK FOR OCCASIONAL
DAMAGING GUSTS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF ALTUS OKLAHOMA TO 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF ARDMORE 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...THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REPLACES
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 78...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
NUMBER 79. WATCH NUMBER 78 79 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 950 PM
CDT. CONTINUE...WW 80...WW 81...

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 25035.


...THOMPSON

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