Rare Oklahoma PDS Tornado Watch

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Never heard of a PDS Tornado watch....

PDS Tornado Watch # 199 is coming for Oklahoma. This is only the second watch in SPC history where every category of watch probabilities (torn, wind, hail) are at greater than 95%. The only other watch like this was issued for Alabama on 27 April 2011.

Why you keep seeing the term "PDS": The Particularly Dangerous Situation enhanced wording is a rare designation from the Storm Prediction Center given to some tornado watches. It indicates that a widespread, significant severe weather event featuring long-lived, intense tornadoes is likely.
The enhanced wording from the Storm Prediction Center says that “an outbreak of tornadoes, including the risk of intense and long-track tornadoes, is expected to develop this afternoon across the watch area.”
Probabilities for tornadoes, severe wind over 75 mph and hail larger than 2 inches are all greater than 95% — the highest chances possible.

 
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