SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 417

WW 417 SEVERE TSTM OK 150310Z – 151100Z

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 417
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1010 PM CDT Sat Jun 14 2025

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Western into Central and Northeast Oklahoma

* Effective this Saturday night and Sunday morning from 1010 PM
  until 600 AM 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
    inches in diameter possible

SUMMARY...A few strong to severe thunderstorm clusters are forecast
to develop and persist into the overnight across the northern half
of the Watch.  Large hail and severe gusts will be the primary
hazards.  A consolidation of thunderstorm outflow and thunderstorms
merging into a larger cluster may occur tonight and move generally
south.  Severe gusts may become the primary hazard during this
evolution, but isolated large hail could accompany the more intense
thunderstorm cores.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 65
statute miles north and south of a line from 40 miles north
northeast of Muskogee OK to 25 miles north northwest of Clinton OK.
For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch
outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).

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 415...WW 416...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 600. Mean storm motion vector
32020.

...Smith

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