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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 482
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
345 PM CDT Tue Sep 1 2020

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Far western Oklahoma
  Texas Panhandle

* Effective this Tuesday afternoon and evening from 345 PM until
  1000 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
    inches in diameter possible
  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...Multiple supercells are expected to develop from the
eastern Oklahoma Panhandle south across the central and eastern
portion of the Texas Panhandle before consolidating into a cluster
later this evening. Large hail is the primary threat.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
statute miles east and west of a line from 160 miles north of
Childress TX to 65 miles south southwest of Childress TX. 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.

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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 481...

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 550. Mean storm motion vector
27035.

...Grams