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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 474
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Low

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   SEL4

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 474
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   1005 PM CDT Sat Aug 29 2020

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     Southwest Oklahoma
     Western North Texas

   * Effective this Saturday night and Sunday morning from 1005 PM
     until 500 AM CDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75
       mph possible
     Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

   SUMMARY...A complex of thunderstorms is expected to move
   east-southeastward out of the southern Texas Panhandle into
   southwest Oklahoma and the western part of North Texas late this
   evening and early in the overnight. The most intense storms are
   expected south of Interstate 40 in Oklahoma southward toward the Red
   River vicinity, potentially including areas such as
   Hobart/Altus/Lawton Oklahoma as well as Wichita Falls. Damaging
   winds can be expected as well as isolated large hail.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
   statute miles north and south of a line from 40 miles west of Altus
   OK to 35 miles east southeast of Fort Sill OK. For a complete
   depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
   (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).

   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 470...WW 472...WW 473...

   AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
   1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A
   few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
   28030.

   ...Guyer
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