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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 228

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

630 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

  FAR SOUTHEAST KANSAS

  SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

  NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 630 AM UNTIL

  100 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2

    INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 105

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTH OF

PONCA CITY OKLAHOMA TO 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MONETT MISSOURI.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).



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 226...WW 227...



DISCUSSION...A FAST-MOVING MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE

TO POSE A POTENTIALLY WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE RISK THIS MORNING AS IT

CONTINUES TO SPREAD GENERALLY SOUTHEASTWARD. A STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY

LOW-LEVEL JET WILL CONTINUE TO FUEL THIS MCS VIA WARM/MOIST

ADVECTIONS FOCUSED TO THE IMMEDIATE NORTH OF A FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT

ANGLES ROUGHLY WEST-NORTHWEST TO EAST-SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION.



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 30045.





...GUYER

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