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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 53
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1245 PM CST Thu Mar 2 2023
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Southern Oklahoma
Western north Texas
* Effective this Thursday afternoon and evening from 1245 PM
until 700 PM CST.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 3
inches in diameter likely
Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75
mph possible
SUMMARY...Initially elevated thunderstorms will evolve into more
surface-based storms along a front from northwest Texas into
southern Oklahoma this afternoon. The storm environment will favor
clusters of supercells capable of producing swaths of very large
hail up to 3 inches in diameter, and occasional damaging gusts of
60-75 mph.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 35
statute miles north and south of a line from 10 miles southeast of
Ardmore OK to 90 miles southwest of Wichita Falls TX. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).