WW 642 SEVERE TSTM OK TX 132145Z – 140400Z
URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 642
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
445 PM CDT Sun Aug 13 2023
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Western and northern Oklahoma and the eastern Oklahoma Panhandle
The eastern Texas Panhandle
* Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 445 PM until
1100 PM CDT.
* Primary threats include…
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
SUMMARY…Clusters of storms will continue to form in the Texas
Panhandle and spread into western and northern Oklahoma through late
evening. The storm environment favors occasional severe outflow
winds of 60-70 mph and isolated large hail of 1-1.5 inches in
diameter.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 85
statute miles east and west of a line from 20 miles northeast of
Alva OK to 70 miles west southwest of Clinton OK. 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 640…WW 641…
AVIATION…A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector
26025.
…Thompson
