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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 223

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

125 PM CDT Tue Jun 26 2018



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Northwestern Arkansas

  Extreme southeastern Kansas

  Southwestern Missouri

  Northeastern Oklahoma



* Effective this Tuesday afternoon and evening from 125 PM until

  900 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 likely



SUMMARY...A small cluster of storms has recently intensified over

southern Kansas, and this trend should continue through the

afternoon as the storms move east-southeastward into northeastern

Oklahoma.  A very unstable environment is present in advance of the

storms, which will support a threat for damaging winds and large

hail.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 40

statute miles north and south of a line from 40 miles west of

Bartlesville OK to 35 miles east southeast of Monett MO. 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 220...WW 221...WW 222...



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 600. Mean storm motion vector

29030.



...Thompson

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