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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 219

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

1225 PM CDT Thu May 9 2024



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 

  Southern Oklahoma

  North Texas



* Effective this Thursday afternoon and evening from 1225 PM

  until 700 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 3.5

    inches in diameter likely

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...Several supercells are forecast to move across the Watch

area this afternoon into the early evening.  Large to giant hail

will be likely with any robust supercell and severe gusts are also

possible.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55

statute miles north and south of a line from 30 miles southwest of

Wichita Falls TX to 30 miles east southeast of Durant OK. For a

complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline

update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).



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 217...WW 218...



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

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

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

24030.



...Smith