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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 46

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

510 PM CDT Thu Mar 14 2024



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 

  West Central Arkansas

  Southeast Oklahoma

  North Central Texas



* Effective this Thursday afternoon from 510 PM until Midnight

  CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2.5

    inches in diameter likely

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Scattered thunderstorms will develop and track across the

watch area through the late afternoon and evening hours, posing a

risk of very large hail and damaging winds.  An isolated tornado or

two is also possible.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 80

statute miles east and west of a line from 40 miles southeast of

Stephenville TX to 45 miles west northwest of Fort Smith AR. 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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 42...WW 43...WW 44...WW

45...



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

25030.



...Hart