MD 0922 CONCERNING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 298… FOR SOUTH-CENTRAL OKLAHOMA INTO NORTHEASTERN TEXAS
Mesoscale Discussion 0922
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1244 AM CDT Fri May 24 2024
Areas affected…south-central Oklahoma into northeastern Texas
Concerning…Severe Thunderstorm Watch 298…
Valid 240544Z – 240715Z
The severe weather threat for Severe Thunderstorm Watch 298
continues.
SUMMARY…Local risk for very large hail and/or strong/damaging
winds continues.
DISCUSSION…A couple of clusters of storms — one over
south-central Oklahoma and a separate one over southeastern Oklahoma
and into northeastern Texas — continue at this hour. Storms have
maintained intensity, with a supercell now near the Fannin/Hunt
County Line in Texas having turned strongly to the right over the
past hour or so. This storm is likely producing very large hail —
potentially in excess of 2″ in diameter — at this time, and will
near the southern bounds of the WW in the next hour or so. Local
extension of the watch in area, south/southeast of this storm, may
be needed.
Elsewhere, the storm cluster over southeastern Oklahoma has also
maintained intensity, with a 73 MPH gust recently measured in
Stephens County OK. With an amply moist/unstable airmass downstream
from this convection, expect the storms — and attendant severe
potential — to continue over the next couple of hours.
..Goss.. 05/24/2024
…Please see www.spc.noaa.gov for graphic product…
ATTN…WFO…SHV…TSA…FWD…OUN…
LAT…LON 34739767 34749686 34159520 33339460 32909460 32579584
33399679 33759715 34739767
