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Tornado Watch 374
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WW0374 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Moderate

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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Tornado Watch Number 374
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   250 PM CDT Sun Jun 2 2024

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Tornado Watch for portions of 
     Oklahoma Panhandle
     West and Northwest Texas

   * Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 250 PM until
     1100 PM CDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     A few tornadoes possible
     Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75
       mph likely
     Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 3
       inches in diameter likely

   SUMMARY...Scattered severe thunderstorms are forecast to rapidly
   develop this afternoon.  Supercells capable of large to very large
   hail (2 to 3 inches in diameter) and a tornado risk will be the
   primary hazards through the early evening.  The tornado threat will
   likely focus in the vicinity of a modifying outflow boundary draped
   across parts of the Watch area.  Additional storm development into a
   thunderstorm cluster is possible this evening.  Severe gusts and
   hail will likely become the primary severe threats by late evening.

   The tornado watch area is approximately along and 70 statute miles
   east and west of a line from 20 miles north of Guymon OK to 45 miles
   south southeast of Lubbock TX. For a complete depiction of the watch
   see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).

   PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

   REMEMBER...A Tornado Watch means conditions are favorable for
   tornadoes and 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.

   &&

   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 372...WW 373...

   AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail
   surface and aloft to 3 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind
   gusts to 65 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean
   storm motion vector 27015.

   ...Smith
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