WW 298 SEVERE TSTM AR OK TX 240340Z – 241000Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 298
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1040 PM CDT Thu May 23 2024
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Extreme southwest Arkansas
South central and southeast Oklahoma
Northeast Texas
* Effective this Thursday night and Friday morning from 1040 PM
until 500 AM CDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
inches in diameter possible
Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
SUMMARY...Slightly elevated storms will continue to increase through
the overnight hours and spread eastward near the Red River, with the
potential for both supercells with large hail up to 2 inches in
diameter, and some upscale growth into a small cluster with 60-70
mph outflow gusts.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55
statute miles north and south of a line from 30 miles west of
Ardmore OK to 30 miles east southeast of De Queen AR. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).
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 294...WW 295...WW 297...
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 550. Mean storm motion vector
27025.
...Thompson
