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WWUS20 KWNS 290920

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 123

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

420 AM CDT FRI APR 29 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS

  PARTS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA



* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY MORNING FROM 420 AM UNTIL 1000 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2

    INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...A BROKEN BAND OF ELEVATED THUNDERSTORMS -- INCLUDING

EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS -- WILL CONTINUE MOVING NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS

PARTS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA/WESTERN ARKANSAS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF

HOURS...AND EVENTUALLY INTO PARTS OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS.  LARGE HAIL

WILL REMAIN THE PRIMARY SEVERE RISK WITH THESE STORMS.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES WEST

SOUTHWEST OF POTEAU OKLAHOMA TO 5 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF LITTLE

ROCK ARKANSAS.  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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 122...



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

TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 50

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 20030.





...GOSS

