WW 399 SEVERE TSTM AR OK 271355Z – 271800Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 399
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
855 AM CDT Tue Jun 27 2023
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Northwest Arkansas
Eastern Oklahoma
* Effective this Tuesday morning and afternoon from 855 AM until
100 PM CDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 80
mph possible
Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
SUMMARY...A small but intense complex of thunderstorms should spread
east-southeast across a portion of eastern Oklahoma this morning
with a continued threat for severe wind gusts.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 45
statute miles north and south of a line from 50 miles southwest of
Tulsa OK to 5 miles south southeast of Fort Smith AR. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).
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
1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 70 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 600. Mean storm motion vector
29035.
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