WW 705 SEVERE TSTM OK TX 041945Z – 050300Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 705
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
245 PM CDT Wed Oct 4 2023
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
South-central and southeast Oklahoma
North Texas
* Effective this Wednesday afternoon and evening from 245 PM
until 1000 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...A few supercells should consolidate into an east-southeast
moving MCS that spreads across parts of south Oklahoma and north
Texas into this evening.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 80
statute miles north and south of a line from 20 miles north of
Wichita Falls TX to 40 miles south southeast of Mcalester 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.
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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 703...WW 704...
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
29030.
...Grams
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