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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 28
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
845 AM CDT MON MAR 9 2026
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS
EXTREME SOUHEAST OKLAHOMA
* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 845 AM UNTIL
300 PM CDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2
INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD EASTWARD FROM
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA INTO ARKANSAS THROUGH THE MORNING, WITH
ADDITIONAL STORM DEVELOPMENT POSSIBLE INTO SOUTHERN ARKANSAS. LARGE
HAIL (1-2 INCHES IN DIAMETER) WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT THROUGH THE
MORNING, THOUGH UPSCALE STORM GROWTH COULD SUPPORT THE POTENTIAL FOR
SOME WIND DAMAGE BY LATE MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 45
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF DE
QUEEN AR TO 45 MILES EAST OF PINE BLUFF AR. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION
OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS
WOU8).
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
2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A
FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR
27030.
...THOMPSON
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