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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 480
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Moderate

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   SEL0

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 480
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   350 PM CDT Mon Aug 31 2020

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     Far southeast Kansas
     Southwest to northeast Oklahoma
     Western north Texas

   * Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 350 PM until
     1100 PM CDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 80
       mph possible
     Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2.5
       inches in diameter possible
     A tornado or two possible

   SUMMARY...Supercells and clusters are expected to develop along and
   near a cold front through this evening. Scattered large hail and
   damaging wind gusts are possible. A tornado or two may also occur,
   most likely in central Oklahoma.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50
   statute miles east and west of a line from 40 miles west southwest
   of Wichita Falls TX to 65 miles northeast of Bartlesville OK. For a
   complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
   update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).

   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
   2.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 70 knots. A
   few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector
   26030.

   ...Grams
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