Severe Thunderstorm Watch 383

Issued

Jul 18, 2021, 5:08 PM CDT (22:08 UTC)

Expired

Jul 18, 2021, 11:00 PM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

1.5 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

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Two or more tornadoes

10%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

2%

Ten or more severe wind reports

40%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

20%

Ten or more severe hail reports

30%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

10%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

70%

• Mesoscale Discussion 1315 Severe potential...watch possibleJul 18, 2:32 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1316 Severe thunderstorm watch 383Jul 18, 7:21 PM CDT

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 383
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
510 PM CDT Sun Jul 18 2021

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Western Oklahoma
  Texas Panhandle

* Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 510 PM until
  1100 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

SUMMARY...Clusters of storms will continue to develop
south-southeastward through the evening across western Oklahoma and
the Texas Panhandle. Severe-caliber wind gusts can be expected along
with isolated large hail.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 95
statute miles east and west of a line from 95 miles northeast of
Borger TX to 55 miles southwest of Clinton OK. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).

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
1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector
32020.

...Guyer

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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.