Saturday, August 29, 2020

SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 472

WW 472 SEVERE TSTM AR OK TX 292340Z - 300600Z
WW 0472 Image

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 472
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
640 PM CDT Sat Aug 29 2020

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Western Arkansas
  Southeast Oklahoma
  Far Northeast Texas

* Effective this Saturday night and Sunday morning from 640 PM
  until 100 AM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
  Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

SUMMARY...Locally intense thunderstorm development is expected
especially near a front and outflow boundary this evening across the
region, with very strong instability favorable for at least isolated
severe thunderstorms. One or more semi-organized
southeastward-moving clusters could ultimately evolve later this
evening, mainly near/east of the Oklahoma/Arkansas border.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 75
statute miles north and south of a line from 40 miles west southwest
of Mcalester OK to 70 miles northeast of Texarkana AR. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).

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 469...WW 470...WW 471...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 600. Mean storm motion vector
32020.

...Guyer

Read more

from SPC Forecast Products http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0472.html

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