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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 202
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WW0202 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
High Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Moderate

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   SEL2
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 202
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1045 AM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   
   * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
     SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA
     NORTHWEST TEXAS
   
   * EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1045 AM UNTIL
     700 PM CDT.
   
   * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
     NUMEROUS DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY
     SEVERAL LARGE HAIL EVENTS WITH A FEW VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2
       INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 45
   STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES SOUTHWEST
   OF ALTUS OKLAHOMA TO 15 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF POTEAU OKLAHOMA.
    FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).
   
   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 201...
   
   DISCUSSION...THE NORTHERN FLANK OF AN EVOLVING MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE
   SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA LATE THIS
   MORNING... THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS.  SEVERE HAIL MAY BE THE
   PRIMARY SEVERE THREAT IN STORMS APPROACHING THE OKLAHOMA CITY
   METROPOLITAN AREA THROUGH MIDDAY...BUT POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WIND
   GUSTS MAY BECOME THE PREDOMINANT SEVERE THREAT IN A SWATH CLOSER TO
   THE RED RIVER THIS AFTERNOON.
   
   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 500. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 27035.
   
   
   ...KERR
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