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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 152

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

750 PM CDT Sat Apr 27 2024



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of 

  Southern, Central, and Northeast Oklahoma

  Northwest Texas



* Effective this Saturday night and Sunday morning from 750 PM

  until 300 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes likely with a couple intense tornadoes possible

  Widespread large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2

    inches in diameter likely

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely



SUMMARY...Bands of severe storms, including embedded supercells,

will continue through the evening as a low-level jet intensifies

across the Watch area.  A very moist and strongly sheared

environment will support the threat for tornadoes, potentially

strong, and large hail and severe gusts into the overnight.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 105 statute miles

east and west of a line from 35 miles northwest of Grove OK to 120

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

watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



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 146...WW 147...WW

148...WW 149...WW 150...WW 151...



AVIATION...Tornadoes and 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 500. Mean

storm motion vector 24035.



...Smith