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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 485
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WW0485 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Moderate

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   SEL5

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 485
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   315 PM CDT Thu Jul 13 2023

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     Northeast New Mexico
     Oklahoma Panhandle
     Texas Panhandle

   * Effective this Thursday afternoon and evening from 315 PM until
     1100 PM CDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
     Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2.5
       inches in diameter possible
     A tornado or two possible

   SUMMARY...Isolated severe thunderstorms are expected to develop this
   afternoon with a risk for very large hail and damaging wind gusts.
   As storms increase in coverage this evening and merge into clusters,
   damaging winds will become a more prominent severe weather hazard. 
   A tornado or two will also be possible.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 85
   statute miles east and west of a line from 50 miles west northwest
   of Guymon OK to 35 miles south southeast of Amarillo TX. For a
   complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
   update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).

   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 481...WW 482...WW
   483...WW 484...

   AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
   2.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
   few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector
   29025.

   ...Bunting
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