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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 178

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

210 PM CDT Fri May 3 2024



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of 

  Northwest into West Texas



* Effective this Friday afternoon and evening from 210 PM until

  1000 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes and a couple intense tornadoes possible

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 4.5

    inches in diameter likely

  Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts

    to 75 mph possible



SUMMARY...Scattered severe thunderstorms are forecast to develop

this afternoon into the evening across portions of the Watch area. 

Several intense supercells are likely to evolve and pose a risk for

giant hail and tornadoes.  The tornado risk will probably be

greatest in the vicinity of a modifying boundary draped across the

region.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 75 statute miles

north and south of a line from 45 miles west southwest of Lubbock TX

to 60 miles southeast of Abilene TX. For a complete depiction of the

watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



REMEMBER...A Tornado Watch means conditions are favorable for

tornadoes and 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.



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AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail

surface and aloft to 4.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 65 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean

storm motion vector 28020.



...Smith