SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 442

WW 442 SEVERE TSTM OK 160030Z - 160400Z

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 442
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
730 PM CDT Sat Aug 15 2020

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Northeast Oklahoma

* Effective this Saturday evening from 730 PM until 1100 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Isolated very large hail events to 2.5 inches in diameter
    possible
  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

SUMMARY...A cluster of storms will continue to move
south-southwestward this evening across the region. Large hail will
remain a possibility, and severe-caliber wind gusts could also
occur.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 45
statute miles north and south of a line from 45 miles west of Tulsa
OK to 30 miles northeast of Muskogee 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 441...

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 600. Mean storm motion vector
02015.

...Guyer

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from SPC Forecast Products http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0442.html