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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 168
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
530 AM CDT Tue Apr 28 2026

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

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

* Effective this Tuesday morning and afternoon from 530 AM until
  100 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 3
    inches in diameter likely
  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

SUMMARY...Mainly elevated supercells should pose a threat for large
to very large hail (up to 2-3 inches in diameter) as they spread
east-northeastward. Later this morning some clustering may occur,
with occasional damaging winds possible.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 45
statute miles north and south of a line from 115 miles west of
Wichita Falls TX to 30 miles north northeast of Durant 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.

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AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
3 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
25035.

...Gleason