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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 52

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

540 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

  EASTERN AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FROM 540 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT

  CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL LIKELY WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS

    TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS ARE INTENSIFYING ALONG A LINE FROM EAST OF

ARDMORE TO EAST OF TULSA.  THIS ACTIVITY WILL TRACK NORTHEASTWARD

THIS EVENING...POSING A THREAT OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.  AN

ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO CANNOT BE RULED OUT.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF

DURANT OKLAHOMA TO 20 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF FAYETTEVILLE

ARKANSAS.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



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 51...



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 24035.





...HART

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