Severe Thunderstorm Watch 98

Issued

Apr 23, 2021, 12:37 PM CDT (17:37 UTC)

Expired

Apr 23, 2021, 8:00 PM CDT

In force

7 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

2 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

70%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

60%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

95%

• Mesoscale Discussion 405 Severe potential...watch likelyApr 23, 11:29 AM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 407 Severe potential...tornado watch likelyApr 23, 12:43 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 409 Severe thunderstorm watch 98Apr 23, 3:28 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 410 Tornado watch 100Apr 23, 5:26 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 412 Severe thunderstorm watch 98Apr 23, 6:46 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 413 Tornado watch 100Apr 23, 7:43 PM CDT

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 98
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1240 PM CDT Fri Apr 23 2021

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Southern Oklahoma
  North-Central and Central Texas

* Effective this Friday afternoon and evening from 1240 PM until
  800 PM CDT.

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

SUMMARY...Thunderstorms are expected to intensify this afternoon
across the watch area, with a few storms becoming severe.  Large
hail and damaging winds will be the main threats, although a tornado
or two is also possible.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70
statute miles east and west of a line from 10 miles north of Ardmore
OK to 35 miles south of Austin TX. 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.

&&

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 500. 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.