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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 33

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

505 PM CDT Sun Mar 24 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Northern and western Arkansas

  Southeastern Oklahoma

  North central and northeastern Texas



* Effective this Sunday afternoon from 505 PM until Midnight CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail likely with isolated very large hail events

    to 2 inches in diameter possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...Scattered thunderstorm development appears to be underway

along a surface boundary from north Texas into eastern Oklahoma and

northwestern Arkansas.  The storms are expected to increase in

coverage/intensity through late evening, with the primary threat

being large hail with supercells.  Some damaging wind threat could

evolve tonight as storms cluster from northeastern Texas into

southwestern Arkansas.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 85

statute miles east and west of a line from 20 miles north northeast

of Flippin AR to 50 miles east southeast of Dallas 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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 32...



AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to

2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector

29025.



...Thompson

