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WWUS20 KWNS 232143
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SPC WW 232143
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 383
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
445 PM CDT TUE JUN 23 2026
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
TEXAS PANHANDLE AND SOUTH PLAINS
* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 445 PM UNTIL
1000 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 3
INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...A FEW INTENSE SUPERCELLS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP THROUGH
THE EARLY EVENING ACROSS THE WATCH AREA NEAR AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY.
LARGE TO VERY LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE INITIALLY WITH HAIL OF 1
TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE. A TORNADO COULD POSSIBLY DEVELOP
TOWARDS THE EARLY EVENING IF A SUPERCELL FAVORABLY INTERACTS WITH
THE BOUNDARY. A SMALL CLUSTER MAY EVENTUALLY EVOLVE THIS EVENING
WITH THE SEVERE-WIND THREAT POSSIBLY INCREASING BEFORE THIS ACTIVITY
DISSIPATES LATE THIS EVENING.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF
AMARILLO TX TO 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LUBBOCK TX. 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 381...WW 382...
AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO
3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A
FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR
32015.
...SMITH
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