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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 714
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1120 AM CST THU DEC 26 2024
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
EXTREME SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
EXTREME NORTHWEST LOUISIANA
NORTHEAST TEXAS
* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1120 AM UNTIL
700 PM CST.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
SCATTERED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...ELEVATED THUNDERSTORMS, SOME WITH SUPERCELL STRUCTURE,
WILL POSE A THREAT FOR LARGE HAIL (1-1.75 INCH DIAMETER) AND
ISOLATED SEVERE WIND GUSTS (60-70 MPH) THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. BY
LATE AFTERNOON/EVENING, AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO COULD OCCUR NEAR
THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE WATCH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 70 MILES NORTH OF
LONGVIEW TX TO 20 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF TYLER TX. FOR A COMPLETE
DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).
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.
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 450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR
22035.
...THOMPSON
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