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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 146

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

1240 PM 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 afternoon and evening from 1240 PM

  until 800 PM CDT.



...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...



* Primary threats include...

  Several tornadoes and a few intense tornadoes likely

  Widespread large hail and scattered very large hail events to 3

    inches in diameter likely

  Widespread damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75

    mph likely



SUMMARY...Intense thunderstorms are expected to develop this

afternoon along and east of a dryline over western Oklahoma and

northwest Texas.  Supercells are expected, capable of very large

hail and damaging winds.  The most intense cells may also produce

strong or potentially long-tracked tornadoes.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 70 statute miles

east and west of a line from 35 miles east northeast of Alva OK to

45 miles southwest of Wichita Falls TX. For a complete depiction of

the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS

WOU6).



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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 144...WW 145...



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

surface and aloft to 3 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

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

storm motion vector 24035.



...Hart