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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 500

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

450 AM CDT SUN AUG 23 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTHERN ARKANSAS

  SOUTHERN MISSOURI



* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING FROM 450 AM UNTIL 1000 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX BECAME INCREASINGLY ORGANIZED ACROSS

SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI DURING THE PAST HOUR OR TWO WITH MEASURED

SEVERE GUSTS AT JOPLIN AND A FEW DAMAGE REPORTS. THESE STORMS MAY

CONTINUE TO POSE A DAMAGING-WIND THREAT WHILE MOVING PAST THE I-44

CORRIDOR AND INTO MORE OF THE OZARKS...BEFORE DISSIPATING.  SEE SPC

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1742 FOR FURTHER METEOROLOGICAL DETAILS.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF

FAYETTEVILLE ARKANSAS TO 15 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF WEST PLAINS

MISSOURI.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).



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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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 550. MEAN STORM MOTION

VECTOR 32035.





...EDWARDS

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