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SEL3 URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 353 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 155 PM CDT Mon Jun 2 2025 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Oklahoma Panhandle Texas Panhandle and South Plains * Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 155 PM until 900 PM CDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 85 mph likely Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible SUMMARY...Scattered to numerous thunderstorms are forecast to develop and evolve into a couple of thunderstorm clusters this afternoon and spread northeastward through the early evening. Severe gusts (60-85 mph) will be the primary hazard with the stronger storms and their associated convective outflow. Large hail may also accompany the stronger thunderstorm cores. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 80 statute miles east and west of a line from 20 miles north of Guymon OK to 50 miles south southeast of Lubbock TX. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3). 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 1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 75 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector 23030. ...Smith