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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 140
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Moderate

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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 140
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   930 PM CDT FRI APR 26 2013
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   
   * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
     SOUTHERN AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA
   
   * EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 930 PM
     UNTIL 400 AM CDT.
   
   * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
     SEVERAL LARGE HAIL EVENTS WITH A FEW VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2
       INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
     SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55
   STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTH
   SOUTHWEST OF CHICKASHA OKLAHOMA TO 75 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF
   MCALESTER OKLAHOMA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE
   THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).
   
   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 139...
   
   DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING EAST SOUTHEASTWARD ALONG A
   FRONTAL ZONE ACROSS CENTRAL INTO SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA APPEAR LIKELY
   TO MAINTAIN STRENGTH AT LEAST INTO THE 06-07Z TIME FRAME.  STRONGEST
   ACTIVITY WILL REMAIN CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SEVERE HAIL AND A FEW
   POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.
   
   AVIATION...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 450. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 28035.
   
   
   ...KERR
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