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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 289

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

1205 AM CDT Sun May 28 2017



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Western Arkansas

  Far southeast Kansas

  Southwest Missouri

  Eastern Oklahoma

  North Texas



* Effective this Sunday morning from 1205 AM until 700 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...A linear complex of storms across southern Oklahoma will

continue east and southeastward overnight toward north Texas and

western Arkansas, while other more isolated and more elevated storms

move into other parts of western Oklahoma and southwest Missouri.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 80

statute miles north and south of a line from 35 miles east southeast

of Fayetteville AR to 20 miles west southwest of Ardmore OK. 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 279...WW 280...WW

282...WW 284...WW 285...WW 286...WW 287...WW 288...



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

27025.



...Guyer

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