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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 487
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Very Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Low Low

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   SEL7

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 487
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   535 PM CDT Sat Jun 29 2024

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     Western into Northern Oklahoma
     Texas Panhandle

   * Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 535 PM until
     1100 PM CDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75
       mph possible

   SUMMARY...Widely scattered to scattered thunderstorms are forecast
   to develop through the early evening and persist into the mid to
   late evening.  The more intense thunderstorms will be capable of
   severe gusts (60-75 mph).  Isolated large hail may accompany the
   stronger thunderstorm cores.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 40
   statute miles north and south of a line from 20 miles west of
   Amarillo TX to 20 miles south southeast of Ponca City OK. For a
   complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
   update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).

   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 482...WW 483...WW
   484...WW 485...WW 486...

   AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
   1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A
   few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector
   29015.

   ...Smith
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