URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 474
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1005 PM CDT Sat Aug 29 2020
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Southwest Oklahoma
Western North Texas
* Effective this Saturday night and Sunday morning from 1005 PM
until 500 AM CDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75
mph possible
Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
SUMMARY...A complex of thunderstorms is expected to move
east-southeastward out of the southern Texas Panhandle into
southwest Oklahoma and the western part of North Texas late this
evening and early in the overnight. The most intense storms are
expected south of Interstate 40 in Oklahoma southward toward the Red
River vicinity, potentially including areas such as
Hobart/Altus/Lawton Oklahoma as well as Wichita Falls. Damaging
winds can be expected as well as isolated large hail.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
statute miles north and south of a line from 40 miles west of Altus
OK to 35 miles east southeast of Fort Sill OK. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).
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 470...WW 472...WW 473...
AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
28030.
...Guyer
Read morefrom SPC Forecast Products http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0474.html
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