

190 

WWUS20 KWNS 242005

SEL5

SPC WW 242005

ARZ000-KSZ000-MOZ000-OKZ000-250300-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 5

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

300 PM CDT TUE MAR 24 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

  EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS

  CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

  NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 300 PM UNTIL

  1000 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL LIKELY WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS

    TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES EAST

NORTHEAST OF KNOB NOSTER MISSOURI TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF POTEAU

OKLAHOMA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



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.



&&



DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE 21Z TO 22Z

TIME FRAME ACROSS FAR SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AND

MOVE GENERALLY EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN/CENTRAL MISSOURI THROUGH EARLY

EVENING. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY

THREAT...WITH A RISK OF A TORNADO OR TWO OVER SOUTHWEST MISSOURI IN

PROXIMITY TO A SURFACE LOW AND WARM FRONT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL

DEVELOP SOUTH ALONG THE COLD FRONT/PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH ACROSS

NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND MOVE INTO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THIS EVENING.

LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS.



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 450. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 25030.





...BUNTING/MEAD



812 

WWUS20 KWNS 242005

SEL5

SPC WW 242005

ARZ000-KSZ000-MOZ000-OKZ000-250300-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 5

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

300 PM CDT TUE MAR 24 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

  EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS

  CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

  NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 300 PM UNTIL

  1000 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL LIKELY WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS

    TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES EAST

NORTHEAST OF KNOB NOSTER MISSOURI TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF POTEAU

OKLAHOMA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



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.



&&



DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE 21Z TO 22Z

TIME FRAME ACROSS FAR SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AND

MOVE GENERALLY EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN/CENTRAL MISSOURI THROUGH EARLY

EVENING. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY

THREAT...WITH A RISK OF A TORNADO OR TWO OVER SOUTHWEST MISSOURI IN

PROXIMITY TO A SURFACE LOW AND WARM FRONT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL

DEVELOP SOUTH ALONG THE COLD FRONT/PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH ACROSS

NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND MOVE INTO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THIS EVENING.

LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS.



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 450. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 25030.





...BUNTING/MEAD

