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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 299
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1200 AM CDT TUE MAY 20 2025
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
FAR WESTERN ARKANSAS
SOUTHERN AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA
NORTH-CENTRAL TEXAS
* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING FROM MIDNIGHT UNTIL 500 AM CDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2.5
INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND
INTENSITY EARLY THIS MORNING. MAIN THREATS SHOULD BE LARGE TO VERY
LARGE HAIL, WITH THE LARGEST HAILSTONES POTENTIALLY REACHING UP TO
1.5-2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER. SCATTERED SEVERE/DAMAGING WINDS MAY ALSO
OCCUR IF THUNDERSTORMS CONSOLIDATE INTO A SMALL BOWING CLUSTER.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 45
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES SOUTH OF FORT
WORTH TX TO 35 MILES WEST NORTHWEST 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.
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 297...WW 298...
AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO
2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A
FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR
26040.
...GLEASON
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