WW 285 SEVERE TSTM AR LA OK TX 132145Z – 140500Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 285
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
445 PM CDT Tue Jun 13 2023
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Southern Arkansas
Northern Louisiana
Far southeast Oklahoma
Northeast Texas
* Effective this Tuesday afternoon from 445 PM until Midnight
CDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 3
inches in diameter likely
Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
A tornado or two possible
SUMMARY...Multiple left and right-splitting supercells will persist
with ongoing storms, that may continue to regenerate across
northeast Texas and spread east through the rest of the evening.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
statute miles north and south of a line from 10 miles east northeast
of Monticello AR to 55 miles northwest of Longview TX. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).
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...This severe thunderstorm watch replaces
severe thunderstorm watch number 280. Watch number 280 will not
be in effect after 445 PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 281...WW 282...WW
283...WW 284...
AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
3 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 600. Mean storm motion vector
26030.
...Grams
