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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 242
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
505 PM CDT SAT MAY 23 2026
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE
THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND SOUTH PLAINS
* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 505 PM UNTIL
1100 PM CDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...STORMS FORMING IN NEW MEXICO WILL SPREAD
EAST-SOUTHEASTWARD INTO THE TEXAS PANHANDLE THROUGH LATE EVENING
WITH POTENTIAL TO GROW INTO ONE OR MORE CLUSTERS WITH SEVERE OUTFLOW
GUSTS (60-70 MPH) AND ISOLATED LARGE HAIL (1-1.5 INCHES IN
DIAMETER).
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF
GUYMON OK TO 10 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF LUBBOCK 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.
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 241...
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 450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR
29020.
...THOMPSON
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