SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 242

WW 242 SEVERE TSTM OK TX 232205Z - 240400Z URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 242 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 505 PM CDT Sat May 23 2026 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of The western and central Oklahoma Panhandle The Texas Panhandle and South Plains * Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 505 PM until 1100 PM CDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible SUMMARY...Storms forming in New Mexico will spread east-southeastward into the Texas Panhandle through late evening with potential to grow into one or more clusters with severe outflow gusts (60-70 mph) and isolated large hail (1-1.5 inches in diameter). The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70 statute miles east and west of a line from 20 miles northwest of Guymon OK to 10 miles south southeast of Lubbock TX. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2). 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. && OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 241... 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 450. Mean storm motion vector 29020. ...Thompson Read more