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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 169

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

1155 PM CDT Tue Apr 30 2024



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 

  Northern into Southern Oklahoma

  North Texas



* Effective this Tuesday night and Wednesday morning from 1155 PM

  until 500 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2

    inches in diameter possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...A few linear clusters of severe thunderstorms will likely

continue to into the overnight as a low-level jet is located over

the southern Plains.  Severe gusts and large hail are possible with

the more intense thunderstorms.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 65

statute miles east and west of a line from 40 miles north of Enid OK

to 35 miles south of Ardmore OK. For a complete depiction of the

watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).



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 167...WW 168...



AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to

2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean storm motion vector

30025.



...Smith