URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 20 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1245 AM CDT Wed Mar 13 2019 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of southwest Oklahoma northwest Texas * Effective this Wednesday morning from 1245 AM until 600 AM CDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible A tornado or two possible SUMMARY...A line of severe thunderstorms will move rapidly northeast across the watch area with damaging wind gusts and possibly a tornado or two. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55 statute miles north and south of a line from 45 miles southwest of Altus OK to 25 miles east of Fort Sill OK. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0). 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 18...WW 19... AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean storm motion vector 24040. ...BuntingRead more
from SPC Forecast Products http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0020.html
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