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  "publishedAt": "2026-05-16T00:21:03.000Z",
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  "textContent": "WW 206 SEVERE TSTM OK TX 160020Z - 160400Z\n\n\n\n\n    URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED\n    Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 206\n    NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK\n    720 PM CDT Fri May 15 2026\n\n    The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a\n\n    * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of\n      Western into Southwestern Oklahoma\n      Western North Texas\n\n    * Effective this Friday evening from 720 PM until 1100 PM CDT.\n\n    * Primary threats include...\n      Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75\n        mph possible\n      Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible\n\n    SUMMARY...Several clusters of thunderstorms will likely continue to\n    pose a risk for severe gusts (60-75 mph) through the mid evening as\n    the storms move eastward into a slightly more moist airmass.  An\n    instance or two of large hail may accompany the stronger cores over\n    west-central Oklahoma this evening.\n\n    The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50\n    statute miles east and west of a line from 70 miles northeast of\n    Clinton OK to 65 miles west southwest of Wichita Falls TX. For a\n    complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline\n    update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).\n\n    PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...\n\n    REMEMBER...A Severe Thunderstorm Watch means conditions are\n    favorable for severe thunderstorms in and close to the watch area.\n    Persons in these areas should be on the lookout for threatening\n    weather conditions and listen for later statements and possible\n    warnings. Severe thunderstorms can and occasionally do produce\n    tornadoes.\n\n    &&\n\n    OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 204...WW 205...\n\n    AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to\n    1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A few\n    cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 400. Mean storm motion vector\n    27020.\n\n    ...Smith\n\n\n\nRead more",
  "title": "SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 206"
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