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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 319

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

315 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

  FAR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

  CENTRAL AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA



* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 315 PM UNTIL

  1100 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO FORM

OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS ACROSS MUCH OF WATCH AREA...WITH A

GRADUAL E TO PERHAPS ESE DEVELOPMENT OVER TIME. SOME STORMS WILL BE

CAPABLE OF LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND AND SEVERE HAIL...AND LIKELY WILL

MERGE INTO CLUSTERS / SHORT LINES BY EVENING.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES EAST

NORTHEAST OF BARTLESVILLE OKLAHOMA TO 10 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF

ARDMORE OKLAHOMA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).



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 317...WW 318...



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 550. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 25025.





...CORFIDI

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