SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 165

WW 165 SEVERE TSTM OK TX 240420Z – 241000Z
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 URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 165
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1120 PM CDT Wed Apr 23 2025 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Southwest Oklahoma Western North Texas * Effective this Wednesday night and Thursday morning from 1120 PM until 500 AM CDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible SUMMARY...A cluster of storms should continue east-southeastward
into southwest Oklahoma and western North Texas early in the
overnight, with some continued potential for severe-caliber wind
gusts and sporadic hail. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70
statute miles north and south of a line from 50 miles southwest of
Altus OK to 45 miles south southeast of Altus OK. 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 164... 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
27025. ...Guyer 

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