WW 290 SEVERE TSTM AR LA OK TX 141355Z – 142100Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 290
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
855 AM CDT Wed Jun 14 2023
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Southwest Arkansas
Northwest and north central Louisiana
South central into southeast Oklahoma
North and northeast Texas
* Effective this Wednesday morning and afternoon from 855 AM
until 400 PM CDT.
* Primary threats include...
Widespread large hail and scattered very large hail events to 3
inches in diameter likely
Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts
to 75 mph possible
A tornado or two possible
SUMMARY...Supercell development is expected this morning along and
just north of a stalled front close to the Red River, and the storms
will spread generally east-southeastward into this afternoon. The
storm environment favors very large hail (to at least 3 inches in
diameter) and a few damaging gusts of 60-75 mph. An isolated
tornado or two may also occur by early-mid afternoon with any
supercells right along the front across northeast Texas and
northwest Louisiana.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 45
statute miles north and south of a line from 25 miles west of
Sherman TX to 35 miles southeast of El Dorado AR. 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 289...
AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
3 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 600. Mean storm motion vector
28035.
...Thompson
