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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 192
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
250 PM CDT FRI MAY 8 2026
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEAST KANSAS
MUCH OF OKLAHOMA
WESTERN NORTH TEXAS
* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 250 PM UNTIL
1000 PM CDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SCATTERED LARGE HAIL LIKELY WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS
TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 75
MPH POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP
THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL LIKELY EVOLVE INTO
SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF A RISK FOR LARGE HAIL (MAINLY 1 TO 2 INCHES IN
DIAMETER) AND SEVERE GUSTS. UPSCALE GROWTH INTO A BAND OF STORMS IS
EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING WITH THE RISK FOR SEVERE GUSTS EXPECTED TO
INCREASE. PEAK GUSTS WITH THE STRONGER OUTFLOW SURGES WILL PROBABLY
RANGE 60 TO 75 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 95
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST
OF BARTLESVILLE OK TO 20 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF WICHITA FALLS TX.
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.
AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO
2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A
FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR
30025.
...SMITH
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