WW 227 SEVERE TSTM AR OK TX 191810Z – 200100Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 227
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
110 PM CDT Fri May 19 2023
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Southwest Arkansas
Southeast Oklahoma
Northeast Texas
* Effective this Friday afternoon and evening from 110 PM until
800 PM 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
A tornado or two possible
SUMMARY...Initial thunderstorm development is underway along a
west/east-oriented outflow boundary along the Red River. Additional
storms will probably form to the northwest from central Oklahoma and
intensify into southeast Oklahoma later this afternoon.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 90
statute miles east and west of a line from 20 miles northeast of
Poteau OK to 45 miles south southeast of Paris TX. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).
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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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 500. Mean storm motion vector
27030.
...Grams
