re: Severe Weather Thread 4/26/24

PDS (Particularly Dangerous Situation) tornado watch issued for most of western Oklahoma and into north Texas:



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 146
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1240 PM CDT Sat Apr 27 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Tornado Watch for portions of
Western Oklahoma
Northwest Texas

* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 1240 PM
until 800 PM CDT.

...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...

* Primary threats include...
Several tornadoes and a few intense tornadoes likely
Widespread large hail and scattered very large hail events to 3
inches in diameter likely
Widespread damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75
mph likely

SUMMARY...Intense thunderstorms are expected to develop this
afternoon along and east of a dryline over western Oklahoma and
northwest Texas. Supercells are expected, capable of very large
hail and damaging winds. The most intense cells may also produce
strong or potentially long-tracked tornadoes.

The tornado watch area is approximately along and 70 statute miles
east and west of a line from 35 miles east northeast of Alva OK to
45 miles southwest of Wichita Falls TX. For a complete depiction of
the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS
WOU6).

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...