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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 70

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

835 PM CDT Mon Apr 1 2024



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 

  Northwest Arkansas

  Eastern Oklahoma

  East Texas



* Effective this Monday night and Tuesday morning from 835 PM

  until 100 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75

    mph likely

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2

    inches in diameter likely

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...A line of intense storms over east-central TX and eastern

Oklahoma will persist for a few more hours, posing a risk of

damaging wind gusts and large hail.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60

statute miles east and west of a line from 25 miles north northwest

of Poteau OK to 35 miles southeast of Waco TX. For a complete

depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).



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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 64...WW 65...WW 66...WW

67...WW 68...WW 69...



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

2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector

25030.



...Hart