Storm Prediction Center Severe Thunderstorm Watch 242

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   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

Note:
The Aviation Watch (SAW) product is an approximation to the watch area.
The actual watch is depicted by the shaded areas.

   SAW2 
   WW 242 SEVERE TSTM OK TX 232205Z - 240400Z
   AXIS..70 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF LINE..
   20NW GUY/GUYMON OK/ - 10SSE LBB/LUBBOCK TX/
   ..AVIATION COORDS.. 60NM E/W /39WSW LBL - 13SE LBB/
   HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT..1.5 INCHES. WIND GUSTS..60 KNOTS.
   MAX TOPS TO 450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 29020.

   LAT...LON 36880049 33530054 33530297 36880302

   THIS IS AN APPROXIMATION TO THE WATCH AREA.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE WOUS64 KWNS
   FOR WOU2.

Watch 242 Status Report Messages:

STATUS REPORT #1 ON WW 242

VALID 232230Z - 232340Z

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES ACROSS THE ENTIRE WATCH AREA.

..MEAD..05/23/26

ATTN...WFO...AMA...LUB...

&&

STATUS REPORT FOR WS 242 

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS 

OKC025-139-232340-

OK 
.    OKLAHOMA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

CIMARRON     TEXAS 
$$


TXC011-017-045-065-069-079-107-111-117-125-129-153-179-189-191-
195-205-219-233-279-303-341-345-357-359-369-375-381-393-421-437-
232340-

TX 
.    TEXAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

ARMSTRONG     BAILEY BRISCOE     
CARSON     CASTRO COCHRAN     
CROSBY     DALLAM DEAF SMITH     
DICKENS      DONLEY FLOYD     
GRAY     HALE HALL     
HANSFORD     HARTLEY HOCKLEY     
HUTCHINSON     LAMB LUBBOCK     
MOORE     MOTLEY OCHILTREE     
OLDHAM     PARMER POTTER      
RANDALL      ROBERTS SHERMAN     
SWISHER      
$$


THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY.  PLEASE
REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL
INFORMATION ON COUNTIES...INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES
CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
$$

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For each watch, probabilities for particular events inside the watch
(listed above in each table) are determined by the issuing forecaster.
The “Low” category contains probability values ranging from less than 2%
to 20% (EF2-EF5 tornadoes), less than 5% to 20% (all other probabilities),
“Moderate” from 30% to 60%, and “High” from 70% to greater than 95%.
High values are bolded and lighter in color to provide awareness of
an increased threat for a particular event.