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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 88

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

850 PM CDT Sun Mar 26 2017



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  West central and southwest Arkansas

  East central and southeast Oklahoma

  Northeast Texas



* Effective this Sunday night and Monday morning from 850 PM

  until 300 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Clusters of strong/severe thunderstorms across north Texas

and eastern Oklahoma should consolidate into a larger cluster or

line segments over the next few hours, with an attendant risk for

damaging winds and isolated large hail into the overnight hours.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 45

statute miles east and west of a line from 30 miles east of Muskogee

OK to 60 miles southeast of Paris TX. 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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 85...WW 86...WW 87...



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 500. Mean storm motion vector

26030.



...Thompson

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