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SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 297

SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 297

[html]WW 297 SEVERE TSTM KS OK TX 311925Z - 010300Z
     
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 297
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
225 PM CDT Tue May 31 2022

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  south central Kansas
  western and northern Oklahoma
  southeastern Texas Panhandle

* Effective this Tuesday afternoon and evening from 225 PM until
  1000 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  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
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...A gradual increase and intensification of thunderstorm
activity appears likely into this evening, with some storms beco*ing
severe.  A few supercells are possible, before activity beco*es more
widespread and perhaps consolidates into small organizing clusters.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
statute miles north and south of a line from 75 miles west southwest
of Childress TX to 35 miles east northeast of Enid OK. For a
co*plete 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.

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AVIATION...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
24030.

...Kerr


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Source: SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 297 (http://ht**://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0297.html)