WWUS20 KWNS 232226 SEL7 SPC WW 232226 OKZ000-TXZ000-240700- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 197 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 525 PM CDT SAT MAY 23 2015 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA WEST CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS * EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 525 PM UNTIL 200 AM CDT. * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE... A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS...INCLUDING A FEW SUPERCELLS WITH A RISK FOR TORNADOES AND LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND...EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF SOUTHWEST...SOUTH CENTRAL...AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...AND ADJACENT NORTH TEXAS THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. OTHER STORMS WITH A RISK FOR LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND...AND PERHAPS AN ISOLATED TORNADO EXPECTED OVER THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS. THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF DURANT OKLAHOMA TO 25 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF LUBBOCK TEXAS. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7). 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. && OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 194...WW 195...WW 196... AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 21025. ...CORFIDI