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WWUS20 KWNS 250016
SEL3
SPC WW 250016
OKZ000-TXZ000-250400-
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 603
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
720 PM CDT SUN AUG 24 2025
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
WESTERN OKLAHOMA
EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE
* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY EVENING FROM 720 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
SUMMARY...A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO
POSE A RISK FOR SEVERE GUSTS (60-80 MPH) AND LARGE TO VERY LARGE
HAIL (1 TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER) THROUGH THE MID EVENING HOURS.
ADDITIONAL STORM DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE OVER THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLES THIS EVENING. THESE POTENTIAL ADDITIONAL STORMS MAY
YIELD A RISK FOR LARGE HAIL AND SEVERE GUSTS AS WELL.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES EAST NORTHEAST
OF GUYMON OK TO 25 MILES WEST OF ALTUS OK. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION
OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS
WOU3).
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 602...
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
34025.
...SMITH
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