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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 130

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

910 PM CDT Thu Apr 18 2024



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 

  Central and Northern Arkansas

  Missouri Bootheel

  Northwest Tennessee



* Effective this Thursday night and Friday morning from 910 PM

  until 200 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2

    inches in diameter possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Strong to severe thunderstorms are expected to move

generally southeastward across the region, with the strongest storms

capable of mostly a damaging wind and hail risk through the early

overnight.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 45

statute miles north and south of a line from 45 miles south

southwest of Flippin AR to 45 miles northeast of Jackson TN. 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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 126...WW 128...WW 129...



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

2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 55 knots. A

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

30025.



...Guyer