Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes Likelihood Low Very Low Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind High Moderate Severe Hail 2"+ Hail Very Low Very Low

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SEL1 URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 201 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 455 AM CDT Fri May 22 2020 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Central and eastern Oklahoma * Effective this Friday morning from 455 AM until NOON CDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts to 80 mph possible A tornado or two possible SUMMARY...This watch adjoins the extended portion of watch 200. An MCS, with a well-developed cold pool and theta-e/pressure perturbation, will move east-southeastward on either side of an instability gradient accompanying a warm-frontal zone. Multiple Oklahoma Mesonet stations have measured severe winds with this complex in the last 1-2 hours. Sporadic gusts above severe limits remain possible as this complex forward-propagates into eastern Oklahoma. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70 statute miles either side of a line from 20 miles west northwest of Chandler OK to 50 miles southeast of Muskogee OK. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1). 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 200... AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 70 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector 29045. ...Edwards Click for Watch Status Reports

Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes Likelihood Low Very Low Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind High Moderate Severe Hail 2"+ Hail Very Low Very Low SEL1 URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 201 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 455 AM CDT Fri May 22 2020 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Central and eastern Oklahoma * Effective this Friday morning from 455 AM until NOON CDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts to 80 mph possible A tornado or two possible SUMMARY...This watch adjoins the extended portion of watch 200. An MCS, with a well-developed cold pool and theta-e/pressure perturbation, will move east-southeastward on either side of an instability gradient accompanying a warm-frontal zone. Multiple Oklahoma Mesonet stations have measured severe winds with this complex in the last 1-2 hours. Sporadic gusts above severe limits remain possible as this complex forward-propagates into eastern Oklahoma. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70 statute miles either side of a line from 20 miles west northwest of Chandler OK to 50 miles southeast of Muskogee OK. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1). 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 200... AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 70 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector 29045. ...Edwards