WW 194 SEVERE TSTM OK TX 092055Z - 100300Z URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 194 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 355 PM CDT Sat May 9 2026 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Western Oklahoma and the Eastern Oklahoma Panhandle The Eastern Texas Panhandle and Western North Texas * Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 355 PM until 1000 PM CDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered large hail likely with isolated very large hail events to 2.5 inches in diameter possible Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible SUMMARY...Widely scattered supercells are expected to develop this afternoon and early evening. Large to very large hail (up to 1.5 to 2.5 inches in diameter) should be the main threat with these supercells as they move east-southeastward into western Oklahoma and western north Texas through the evening. Occasional severe/damaging winds may also occur. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60 statute miles east and west of a line from 35 miles west northwest of Alva OK to 55 miles west southwest of Wichita Falls TX. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4). 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. && AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 2.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector 29025. ...Gleason Read more

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