URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 683
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
450 PM CDT Tue Oct 13 2026

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Western Oklahoma
  The Eastern Texas Panhandle into Northwest Texas

* Effective this Tuesday afternoon from 450 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
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...Supercell thunderstorms should pose a threat for large to
very large hail up to 1.5-2.5 inches in diameter this evening as
they track northeastward. Scattered severe/damaging winds may occur
with any clusters that develop. A tornado or two also appears
possible.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50
statute miles east and west of a line from 35 miles west northwest
of Alva OK to 50 miles south southeast of Lubbock TX. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).

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 682...

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 500. Mean storm motion vector
25030.

...Gleason