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SEL5
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 175
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1040 PM CDT Wed May 1 2024
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Southwest Oklahoma
West-central and western North Texas
* Effective this Wednesday night and Thursday morning from 1040
PM until 400 AM CDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
A tornado or two possible
SUMMARY...Scattered strong to severe storms will continue eastward
through the overnight with bouts of large hail and locally damaging
winds as the primary hazards.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50
statute miles east and west of a line from 25 miles west northwest
of Chickasha OK to 75 miles south of Brownwood 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 171...WW 172...WW
173...WW 174...
AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
25025.
...Guyer
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The Aviation Watch (SAW) product is an approximation to the watch area.
The actual watch is depicted by the shaded areas.
SAW5
WW 175 SEVERE TSTM OK TX 020340Z - 020900Z
AXIS..50 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF LINE..
25WNW CHK/CHICKASHA OK/ - 75S BWD/BROWNWOOD TX/
..AVIATION COORDS.. 45NM E/W /38W OKC - 45E JCT/
HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT..1.5 INCHES. WIND GUSTS..60 KNOTS.
MAX TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25025.
LAT...LON 35239749 30719811 30719979 35239927
THIS IS AN APPROXIMATION TO THE WATCH AREA. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE WOUS64 KWNS
FOR WOU5.
Watch 175 Status Report Messages:
STATUS REPORT #2 ON WW 175
VALID 020645Z - 020740Z
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 40 NW AUS TO
25 S SEP TO 15 W MWL TO 45 SE SPS TO 15 N CHK.
..LEITMAN..05/02/24
ATTN...WFO...OUN...FWD...SJT...
&&
STATUS REPORT FOR WS 175
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
OKC019-027-049-051-067-085-087-099-020740-
OK
. OKLAHOMA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
CARTER CLEVELAND GARVIN
GRADY JEFFERSON LOVE
MCCLAIN MURRAY
$$
TXC035-099-143-193-221-237-281-337-363-367-425-497-020740-
TX
. TEXAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
BOSQUE CORYELL ERATH
HAMILTON HOOD JACK
LAMPASAS MONTAGUE PALO PINTO
PARKER SOMERVELL WISE
$$
THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY. PLEASE
REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL
INFORMATION ON COUNTIES...INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES
CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
$$
STATUS REPORT #1 ON WW 175
VALID 020545Z - 020640Z
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 45 E JCT TO
50 WNW MWL TO 15 WSW FSI TO 35 E CSM.
..LEITMAN..05/02/24
ATTN...WFO...OUN...FWD...SJT...
&&
STATUS REPORT FOR WS 175
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
OKC015-019-027-031-033-049-051-067-085-087-099-137-020640-
OK
. OKLAHOMA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
CADDO CARTER CLEVELAND
COMANCHE COTTON GARVIN
GRADY JEFFERSON LOVE
MCCLAIN MURRAY STEPHENS
$$
TXC009-035-077-093-099-133-143-193-221-237-281-333-337-363-367-
411-425-429-497-503-020640-
TX
. TEXAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ARCHER BOSQUE CLAY
COMANCHE CORYELL EASTLAND
ERATH HAMILTON HOOD
JACK LAMPASAS MILLS
MONTAGUE PALO PINTO PARKER
SAN SABA SOMERVELL STEPHENS
WISE YOUNG
$$
THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY. PLEASE
REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL
INFORMATION ON COUNTIES...INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES
CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
$$
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Tornadoes
Probability of 2 or more tornadoes
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Low (20%)
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Probability of 1 or more strong (EF2-EF5) tornadoes
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Low (5%)
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Wind
Probability of 10 or more severe wind events
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Mod (40%)
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Probability of 1 or more wind events > 65 knots
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Low (10%)
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Hail
Probability of 10 or more severe hail events
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Mod (50%)
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Probability of 1 or more hailstones > 2 inches
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Low (10%)
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Combined Severe Hail/Wind
Probability of 6 or more combined severe hail/wind events
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High (90%)
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For each watch, probabilities for particular events inside the watch
(listed above in each table) are determined by the issuing forecaster.
The "Low" category contains probability values ranging from less than 2%
to 20% (EF2-EF5 tornadoes), less than 5% to 20% (all other probabilities),
"Moderate" from 30% to 60%, and "High" from 70% to greater than 95%.
High values are bolded and lighter in color to provide awareness of
an increased threat for a particular event.