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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 175

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

1040 PM CDT Wed May 1 2024



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 

  Southwest Oklahoma

  West-central and western North Texas



* Effective this Wednesday night and Thursday morning from 1040

  PM until 400 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Scattered strong to severe storms will continue eastward

through the overnight with bouts of large hail and locally damaging

winds as the primary hazards.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50

statute miles east and west of a line from 25 miles west northwest

of Chickasha OK to 75 miles south of Brownwood TX. For a complete

depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



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 171...WW 172...WW

173...WW 174...



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

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

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector

25025.



...Guyer