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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 249

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

215 AM CDT Sun May 26 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Northwest Arkansas

  Southwest Missouri



* Effective this Sunday morning from 215 AM until 700 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...A fast east/northeastward-moving moving line of storms may

continue to pose a damaging wind and perhaps brief tornado risk

overnight.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 45

statute miles east and west of a line from 15 miles northeast of

Monett MO to 50 miles south southeast of Fayetteville AR. 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 247...WW 248...



AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to

1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few

cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector

24035.



...Guyer

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