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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 167

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

845 PM CDT Tue Apr 30 2024



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 

  Northeast Oklahoma



* Effective this Tuesday night from 845 PM until Midnight 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 band of severe thunderstorms will likely progress

east-southeast across portions of northern and northeast Oklahoma

through the late evening.  Severe gusts and associated wind damage

will be the primary severe hazards accompanying this thunderstorm

complex.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 35

statute miles north and south of a line from 50 miles west southwest

of Bartlesville OK to 35 miles east northeast of Tulsa OK. For a

complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline

update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).



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 163...WW 164...WW

165...WW 166...



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 450. Mean storm motion vector

29030.



...Smith