URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 329
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
520 PM CDT Sat Jun 13 2026

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Southwest into Central Kansas
  Northwest Oklahoma and the Oklahoma Panhandle
  The Northern Texas Panhandle

* Effective this Saturday afternoon from 520 PM until Midnight
  CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75
    mph possible
  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2.5
    inches in diameter possible

SUMMARY...Thunderstorms will likely increase in coverage and
intensity this evening along/ahead of a southward-moving cold front.
The strongest cores should be capable of producing large to very
large hail up to 1.5-2.5 inches in diameter and scattered
severe/damaging winds. Peak gusts may reach 70-75 mph on an isolated
basis, especially if any bowing clusters can form.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55
statute miles north and south of a line from 15 miles west northwest
of Dalhart TX to 45 miles north of Medicine Lodge KS. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).

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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 327...WW 328...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 600. Mean storm motion vector
29030.

...Gleason