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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 81
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
435 PM CDT Tue Mar 31 2026

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Western Oklahoma
  Western North Texas and Panhandle

* Effective this Tuesday afternoon and evening from 435 PM until
  1100 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
  Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...Storms are expected to further develop and intensify
through early evening across the southeast Texas Panhandle/Low
Rolling Plains into western Oklahoma, with large hail and locally
damaging winds as the primary hazards.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55
statute miles east and west of a line from 75 miles northeast of
Clinton OK to 70 miles south of Childress TX. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).

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 79...WW 80...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
26025.

...Guyer