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SEL4 URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 264 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 735 PM CDT Sun May 19 2024 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Central and Northern Oklahoma * Effective this Sunday night from 735 PM until Midnight CDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75 mph possible Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible A tornado or two possible SUMMARY...A cluster of severe thunderstorms will likely move east into central Oklahoma during the evening. Additional isolated severe thunderstorms are possible this evening. The risk for large to very large hail and severe gusts will accompany any mature supercell. The severe risk is expected to lessen later this evening as convective inhibition strengthens. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 35 statute miles north and south of a line from 65 miles southwest of Enid OK to 5 miles south southeast of Bartlesville OK. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4). 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 259...WW 260...WW 261...WW 262...WW 263... 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 550. Mean storm motion vector 27025. ...Smith