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WWUS20 KWNS 171224

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SPC WW 171224

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 544

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

625 AM CST TUE NOV 17 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

  SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING FROM 625 AM UNTIL NOON CST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...A LINE OF STRONG/LOCALLY SEVERE STORMS WILL CONTINUE

MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA

INTO PARTS OF WESTERN ARKANSAS THIS MORNING.  LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS

WILL BE THE PRIMARY RISK WITH THIS CONVECTIVE LINE...ALTHOUGH AN

ISOLATED/BRIEF TORNADO WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 5 MILES NORTH

NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD MISSOURI TO 45 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF

HOT SPRINGS ARKANSAS.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE

THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).



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 542...WW 543...



AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT

TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS.

A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. MEAN STORM MOTION

VECTOR 22040.





...GOSS

