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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 132

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

850 AM CDT Wed Apr 22 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Northwest Arkansas

  Central and Eastern Oklahoma



* Effective this Wednesday morning and afternoon from 850 AM

  until 300 PM 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



SUMMARY...Scattered thunderstorms are increasing across parts of

Oklahoma this morrning in a moist and unstable environment.  The

strongest cells will pose a risk of large hail through the morning

and early afternoon.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 105

statute miles east and west of a line from 20 miles south southwest

of Ardmore OK to 55 miles northwest of Fayetteville AR. 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.



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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

24035.



...Hart

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