Storm Prediction Center Severe Thunderstorm Watch 165

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   SEL5

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 165
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   1120 PM CDT Wed Apr 23 2025

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     Southwest Oklahoma
     Western North Texas

   * Effective this Wednesday night and Thursday morning from 1120
     PM until 500 AM CDT.

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

   SUMMARY...A cluster of storms should continue east-southeastward
   into southwest Oklahoma and western North Texas early in the
   overnight, with some continued potential for severe-caliber wind
   gusts and sporadic hail.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70
   statute miles north and south of a line from 50 miles southwest of
   Altus OK to 45 miles south southeast of Altus OK. For a complete
   depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
   (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).

   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 164...

   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 500. Mean storm motion vector
   27025.

   ...Guyer

   SEL5

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 165
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   1120 PM CDT Wed Apr 23 2025

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     Southwest Oklahoma
     Western North Texas

   * Effective this Wednesday night and Thursday morning from 1120
     PM until 500 AM CDT.

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

   SUMMARY...A cluster of storms should continue east-southeastward
   into southwest Oklahoma and western North Texas early in the
   overnight, with some continued potential for severe-caliber wind
   gusts and sporadic hail.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70
   statute miles north and south of a line from 50 miles southwest of
   Altus OK to 45 miles south southeast of Altus OK. For a complete
   depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
   (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).

   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 164...

   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 500. Mean storm motion vector
   27025.

   ...Guyer

Note:
The Aviation Watch (SAW) product is an approximation to the watch area.
The actual watch is depicted by the shaded areas.

   SAW5 
   WW 165 SEVERE TSTM OK TX 240420Z - 241000Z
   AXIS..70 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF LINE..
   50SW LTS/ALTUS OK/ - 45SSE LTS/ALTUS OK/
   ..AVIATION COORDS.. 60NM N/S /24SE CDS - 19W SPS/
   HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT..1.5 INCHES. WIND GUSTS..60 KNOTS.
   MAX TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27025.

   LAT...LON 35159989 35069897 33039897 33129989

   THIS IS AN APPROXIMATION TO THE WATCH AREA.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE WOUS64 KWNS
   FOR WOU5.

Watch 165 Status Report Message has not been issued yet.

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Tornadoes

Wind

Hail

Combined Severe Hail/Wind

For each watch, probabilities for particular events inside the watch
(listed above in each table) are determined by the issuing forecaster.
The “Low” category contains probability values ranging from less than 2%
to 20% (EF2-EF5 tornadoes), less than 5% to 20% (all other probabilities),
“Moderate” from 30% to 60%, and “High” from 70% to greater than 95%.
High values are bolded and lighter in color to provide awareness of
an increased threat for a particular event.