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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 406

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

835 PM CDT Thu Jul 30 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Southwest Arkansas

  Southeast Oklahoma

  Northeast Texas



* Effective this Thursday night and Friday morning from 835 PM

  until 100 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible



SUMMARY...A fast-moving bow echo over southeast Oklahoma will track

eastward across the watch this evening, posing a risk of

gusty/damaging winds.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55

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

Queen AR to 55 miles southeast of Hot Springs AR. For a complete

depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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 405...



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

28035.



...Hart

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