URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 83 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1255 AM CDT MON APR 11 2016 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN ARKANSAS EASTERN OKLAHOMA * EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING FROM 1255 AM UNTIL 800 AM CDT. * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE... SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE SUMMARY...CENTRAL/S-CENTRAL OK SQUALL LINE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE EASTWARD AT ABOUT 40 KTS...WITH EMBEDDED BOWING SEGMENTS MOVING AT A SOMEWHAT FASTER RATE IN THE SAME DIRECTION. POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR OCCASIONAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...DESPITE SOMEWHAT LESS INSTABILITY IN THAT PART OF THE STATE RELATIVE TO POINTS WEST. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF MUSKOGEE OKLAHOMA TO 30 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF DURANT OKLAHOMA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3). 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 82... AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25040. ...CORFIDIRead more
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