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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 144

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

625 AM CDT Sat Apr 27 2024



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of 

  Western Oklahoma

  Northwest Texas



* Effective this Saturday morning and afternoon from 625 AM until

  100 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes likely

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2.5

    inches in diameter likely

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...Thunderstorm development is underway across northwest

Texas, and these storms will spread northeastward across western

Oklahoma through the morning.  Despite the time of day, the

environment will favor supercell clusters capable of producing a few

tornadoes, very large hail up to 2.5 inches in diameter, and

isolated damaging gusts of 60-70 mph.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 50 statute miles

east and west of a line from 40 miles south of Childress TX to 20

miles northeast of Alva OK. For a complete depiction of the watch

see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).



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 2.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean

storm motion vector 22035.



...Thompson