Full Notification

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST
OKLAHOMA WEST CENTRAL THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON FROM 230 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.

...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...
THE BLUE AREAS IN THIS MAP ARE SEVERE THUNDER STORM
WARNINGS

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SEVERAL TORNADOES AND A FEW INTENSE TORNADOES LIKELY WIDESPREAD LARGE HAIL AND SCATTERED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 4 INCHES IN DIAMETER EXPECTED
WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY WITH ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 80 MPH POSSIBLE

SUMMARY...NUMEROUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY FORM INTHE NEXT COUPLE HOURS OVER WESTERN PART OF WATCH...INCLUDING A FEW STRONG SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF VERY LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND...AND TORNADOES. THE STORMS SHOULD MERGE INTO BROKEN LINES AND CLUSTERS...WITH EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS CONTINUING TO POSE A RISK FOR VERY LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND.. AND A FEW TORNADOES AS THEY
MOVE/DEVELOP EAST-NORTHEAST INTO TONIGHT.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 90 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF PONCA CITY OKLAHOMA TO 35 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF BROWNWOOD TEXAS. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED
WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND 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.