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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.

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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