Severe Thunderstorm Watch 22

Issued

Mar 16, 2021, 7:49 PM CDT (00:49 UTC)

Expired

Mar 17, 2021, 3:00 AM CDT

In force

7 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

3 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

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Two or more tornadoes

20%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

10%

Ten or more severe wind reports

70%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

20%

Ten or more severe hail reports

80%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

60%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

95%

• Mesoscale Discussion 186 Severe potential...watch possibleMar 16, 6:02 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 187 Severe potential...watch likelyMar 16, 6:46 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 189 Severe potential...watch likelyMar 17, 12:45 AM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 191 Severe thunderstorm watch 22Mar 17, 1:56 AM CDT

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WWUS20 KWNS 170046
SEL2  
SPC WW 170046
KSZ000-OKZ000-TXZ000-170800-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 22
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
750 PM CDT Tue Mar 16 2021

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  South Central Kansas
  Western and North-Central Oklahoma
  Eastern Texas Panhandle

* Effective this Tuesday night and Wednesday morning from 750 PM
  until 300 AM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Widespread large hail and isolated very large hail events to 3
    inches in diameter likely
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...Thunderstorms are expected to intensify rapidly this
evening along a boundary over northwest Oklahoma and the northeast
Texas Panhandle.  Other isolated cells may develop slightly farther
south.  Storms will track northeastward across the watch, posing a
risk of very large hail, damaging winds, and perhaps a tornado or
two.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55
statute miles north and south of a line from 90 miles west of
Clinton OK to Ponca City OK. For a complete depiction of the watch
see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).

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
3 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean storm motion vector
24035.

...Hart

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.