Severe Thunderstorm Watch 368

Issued

Jul 10, 2021, 5:29 PM CDT (22:29 UTC)

Expired

Jul 11, 2021, 12:45 AM CDT

In force

7 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

2 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

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Two or more tornadoes

10%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

5%

Ten or more severe wind reports

60%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

20%

Ten or more severe hail reports

50%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

30%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

90%

• Mesoscale Discussion 1240 Severe potential...watch likelyJul 10, 2:17 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1247 Severe thunderstorm watch 367...368Jul 10, 7:21 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1251 Severe thunderstorm watch 367...368Jul 10, 9:21 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1253 Severe thunderstorm watch 368...370Jul 10, 11:56 PM CDT

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WWUS20 KWNS 102226
SEL8  
SPC WW 102226
OKZ000-110500-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 368
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
525 PM CDT Sat Jul 10 2021

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Parts of central and western Oklahoma

* Effective this Saturday afternoon from 525 PM until Midnight
  CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
    inches in diameter possible

SUMMARY...Thunderstorm development is expected by 6-7pm CDT along a
cold front from north central into west central Oklahoma.  The storm
environment favors broken bands of multicell clusters and supercells
capable of producing damaging winds and large hail, and the severe
threat will persist into the early overnight hours as storms spread
southeastward across central and southwest Oklahoma.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50
statute miles north and south of a line from 45 miles west southwest
of Clinton OK to 45 miles northeast of Oklahoma City OK. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).

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 365...WW 366...WW 367...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector
32020.

...Thompson

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Oklahoma, 2021Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2021

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.