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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 434

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

405 PM CDT WED JUL 23 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS

  NORTHEAST TEXAS



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 405 PM

  UNTIL 1000 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES EAST

SOUTHEAST OF TEXARKANA ARKANSAS TO 25 MILES SOUTH OF SHERMAN

TEXAS.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED

WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).



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 431...WW 432...WW 433...



DISCUSSION...A WELL-ORGANIZED MCS WILL CONTINUE TO STEADILY SPREAD

SOUTHWARD ACROSS NORTHEAST TX/SOUTHWEST AR AND SURROUNDING PARTS OF

THE ARKLATEX THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. DAMAGING WINDS AND SOME HAIL

WILL BE THE PRIMARY CONCERNS.



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 36045.





...GUYER

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