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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 591
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WW0591 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Moderate

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   SEL1

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 591
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   400 PM CDT Sat Aug 5 2023

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     Oklahoma Panhandle
     Texas Panhandle

   * Effective this Saturday afternoon from 400 PM until Midnight
     CDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 80
       mph likely
     Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
       inches in diameter possible

   SUMMARY...Isolated severe thunderstorms are possible mainly this
   afternoon with a large hail and severe gust risk.  Additional storms
   are forecast to develop this evening with a more significant severe
   wind threat accompanying the stronger storms through the late
   evening.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
   statute miles east and west of a line from 40 miles east northeast
   of Guymon OK to 20 miles southwest of Plainview TX. For a complete
   depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
   (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).

   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.

   &&

   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 588...WW 589...WW 590...

   AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
   2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 70 knots. A
   few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
   27035.

   ...Smith
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