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Tornado Watch 167
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WW0167 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
High High

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   SEL7

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Tornado Watch Number 167
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   335 PM CDT Thu Apr 24 2025

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Tornado Watch for portions of 
     Oklahoma Panhandle
     Texas Panhandle and South Plains

   * Effective this Thursday afternoon and evening from 335 PM until
     1100 PM CDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     A couple tornadoes possible
     Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 4
       inches in diameter likely
     Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

   SUMMARY...Widely scattered thunderstorms are forecast to rapidly
   develop this afternoon into the early evening.  Environmental shear
   and buoyancy combinations strongly favor intense, discrete
   supercells.  Large to giant hail will be probable with any
   supercell.  The tornado risk will likely focus for a few hours
   during the early evening near a residual outflow boundary draped
   over parts of the Watch area.

   The tornado watch area is approximately along and 60 statute miles
   east and west of a line from 30 miles northeast of Guymon OK to 60
   miles southeast of Lubbock TX. For a complete depiction of the watch
   see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).

   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 166...

   AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail
   surface and aloft to 4 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind
   gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean
   storm motion vector 29015.

   ...Smith
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