URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 6
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
215 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2015
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
*SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
SOUTHEAST KANSAS
SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
CENTRAL AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA** EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 215 PM
UNTIL 1000 PM CDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
WIDESPREAD LARGE HAIL EXPECTED WITH SCATTERED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER LIKELY
SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY
A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF OKLAHOMA CITY OKLAHOMA TO 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WEST PLAINS MISSOURI. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).
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. DISCUSSION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY IN THE 21Z TO 22Z TIME FRAME FROM CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA EAST INTO SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. THE PRIMARY MODE INITIALLY WILL BE SUPER-CELLS WITH VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AS PRIMARY THREATS...HOWEVER A COUPLE TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE.
WITH TIME...STORMS SHOULD BECOME MORE LINEAR IN NATURE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND PERHAPS A QLCS TORNADO AS MAIN THREATS.
AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25035.
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