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SEL0 URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 360 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 350 PM CDT Fri May 31 2024 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Eastern New Mexico Oklahoma Panhandle Western Texas Panhandle * Effective this Friday afternoon and evening from 350 PM until 1100 PM CDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts to 75 mph possible Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible SUMMARY...Scattered clusters of strong to severe thunderstorms are forecast to develop late this afternoon into the evening. Storms are forecast to grow upscale into one or more clusters capable of large hail and severe gusts. The risk for severe gusts will likely become the primary threat as outflow-driven storms move further into the Texas Panhandle and northern part of the Texas South Plains this evening. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 65 statute miles east and west of a line from 50 miles west northwest of Guymon OK to 30 miles south of Cannon Afb NM. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0). 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. && AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector 28025. ...Smith