WW 329 SEVERE TSTM OK TX 260300Z – 261000Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 329 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1000 PM CDT Sun May 25 2025 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Central and Eastern Oklahoma North and Central Texas * Effective this Sunday night and Monday morning from 1000 PM until 500 AM CDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter likely Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 80 mph possible A tornado or two possible SUMMARY...Two separate bowing segments are currently ongoing, one over southwest Oklahoma and the other over the Texas Big Country/northwest Texas. Both of these systems are expected to continue east-southeastward over the next several hours into the warm and moist airmass downstream over central/eastern Oklahoma and north/central Texas. Damaging gusts are the primary risk with these developing line segments, and a few isolated significant gusts (i.e. over 75 mph) are possible. Isolated large hail could also occur, particularly with any more cellular development ahead of the line over eastern OK. Additionally, the overall tornado threat appears low, but a brief line-embedded circulation cannot be entirely ruled out. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70 statute miles east and west of a line from 40 miles southeast of Stephenville TX to 30 miles north of Durant OK. 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. && OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 324...WW 325...WW 326...WW 327...WW 328... AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 70 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector 27035. ...Mosier