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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 126

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

335 PM CDT Thu Apr 18 2024



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 

  Western Arkansas

  Eastern Oklahoma



* Effective this Thursday afternoon and evening from 335 PM until

  1100 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2

    inches in diameter likely

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely



SUMMARY...Thunderstorms coverage and intensity is expected to

increase along a cold front currently moving southeastward across

eastern Oklahoma. Robust buoyancy and strong vertical shear will

support supercells capable of hail up to 2" in diameter and damaging

gusts from 45 to 65 mph.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55

statute miles east and west of a line from 25 miles west southwest

of De Queen AR to 30 miles north northeast of Fayetteville 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 125...



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 500. Mean storm motion vector

27035.



...Mosier