WW 400 SEVERE TSTM AR OK 271700Z – 272200Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 400 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1200 PM CDT Tue Jun 27 2023 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Central and southern Arkansas Far southeast Oklahoma * Effective this Tuesday afternoon from NOON until 500 PM CDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible SUMMARY...Long-lived cluster has weakened somewhat over eastern Oklahoma, but may intensify this afternoon as it likely tracks southeast across central to southern Arkansas. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 65 statute miles north and south of a line from 20 miles southwest of Poteau OK to 45 miles east of Pine Bluff 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. && OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 399... AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector 30040. ...Grams
