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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 236
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
High High
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Moderate

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   SEL6

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 236
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   1150 AM PDT Sat May 30 2020

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     Central and eastern Oregon
     Southern Washington

   * Effective this Saturday morning and evening from 1150 AM until
     700 PM PDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 85
       mph likely
     Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
       inches in diameter possible
     A tornado or two possible

   SUMMARY...Multiple supercells will likely initiate over
   south-central Oregon and spread rapidly north-northeast towards the
   western Columbia Basin into early evening. Large hail and a tornado
   or two will be possible in the first few hours, with damaging winds
   becoming the primary overall threat.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
   statute miles east and west of a line from 90 miles south of Redmond
   OR to 85 miles northeast of The Dalles OR. For a complete depiction
   of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS
   WOU6).

   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.

   &&

   AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
   2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 75 knots. A
   few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
   19040.

   ...Grams
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