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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 927

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1145 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

       SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

       EASTERN OKLAHOMA



EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 1145 PM

UNTIL 400 AM CST.



HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70

MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES NORTH

NORTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD MISSOURI TO 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF

MCALESTER OKLAHOMA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE

THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).



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 926...



DISCUSSION...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN OK WILL

PERSIST FOR A FEW MORE HOURS AND TRACK EASTWARD INTO PARTS OF MO/AR.

 INSTABILITY IS BECOMING QUITE WEAK.  HOWEVER...STRONG LOW LEVEL

VERTICAL SHEAR AND INCREASING PUSH ON COLD FRONT WILL PROMOTE

ORGANIZED STORMS CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL.



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

TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 400. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 25035.





...HART

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