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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 707

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

350 PM CST Sat Dec 28 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Northwest Arkansas

  Extreme southeast Kansas

  Southwest Missouri

  Eastern Oklahoma



* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 350 PM until

  1000 PM CST.



* Primary threats include...

  A couple tornadoes possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...A fast-moving line of thunderstorms over eastern Oklahoma

will track across the watch area through the evening.  The strongest

cells along the line will pose a risk of locally damaging wind gusts

and isolated tornadoes.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 55 statute miles

east and west of a line from 60 miles north northwest of Springfield

MO to 40 miles west southwest of De Queen AR. For a complete

depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



REMEMBER...A Tornado Watch means conditions are favorable for

tornadoes and 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.



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AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail

surface and aloft to 0.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean

storm motion vector 24040.



...Hart

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