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WWUS20 KWNS 231830

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SPC WW 231830

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 433

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

130 PM CDT WED JUL 23 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTHEAST ARKANSAS

  MISSOURI BOOTHEEL



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 130 PM

  UNTIL 700 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 40

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF

WALNUT RIDGE ARKANSAS TO 50 MILES SOUTH OF JONESBORO 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 431...WW 432...



DISCUSSION...AN INTENSIFYING CLUSTER OF STORMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO

SPREAD SOUTHWESTWARD ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON WITH DAMAGING

WINDS/SOME HAIL POSSIBLE. FOR ADDITIONAL METEOROLOGICAL

DETAILS...REFERENCE MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1443.



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 02040.





...GUYER

