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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 83

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1255 AM CDT MON APR 11 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  WESTERN ARKANSAS

  EASTERN OKLAHOMA



* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING FROM 1255 AM UNTIL 800 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...CENTRAL/S-CENTRAL OK SQUALL LINE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE

EASTWARD AT ABOUT 40 KTS...WITH EMBEDDED BOWING SEGMENTS MOVING AT A

SOMEWHAT FASTER RATE IN THE SAME DIRECTION. POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR

OCCASIONAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...DESPITE SOMEWHAT LESS INSTABILITY

IN THAT PART OF THE STATE RELATIVE TO POINTS WEST.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60

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

NORTHEAST OF MUSKOGEE OKLAHOMA TO 30 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF

DURANT OKLAHOMA.  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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 82...



AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT

TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS.

A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION

VECTOR 25040.





...CORFIDI

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