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WWUS20 KWNS 182311
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SPC WW 182311
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 626
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
615 PM CDT SAT OCT 18 2025
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
EASTERN ARKANSAS
NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI
WESTERN TENNESSEE
* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 615 PM
UNTIL 100 AM CDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...A LINEAR CLUSTER OF STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PROGRESS
TOWARD AND ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING, WITH WIND DAMAGE AS THE
PRIMARY HAZARD. SOME INCREASED ORGANIZATION AND INTENSITY IS
PLAUSIBLE THIS EVENING AS ADDITIONAL LOW-LEVEL MOISTENING OCCURS
NOCTURNALLY, ALONG WITH AN INCREASING LOW-LEVEL JET.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 45
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES WEST OF JACKSON
TN TO 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OXFORD MS. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF
THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS
WOU6).
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 624...WW 625...
AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO
1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW
CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR
23035.
...GUYER
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