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WWUS20 KWNS 040241
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SPC WW 040241
ARZ000-KSZ000-MOZ000-OKZ000-041000-
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 95
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
940 PM CDT FRI APR 3 2026
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
FAR SOUTHEAST KANSAS
SOUTHWEST INTO SOUTH-CENTRAL MISSOURI
SOUTHERN INTO EASTERN OKLAHOMA
* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 940 PM
UNTIL 500 AM CDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY WITH ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS
TO 80 MPH POSSIBLE
ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...A BROKEN SQUALL LINE WITH A FEW SEVERE LINEAR THUNDERSTORM
CLUSTERS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE WATCH THROUGH THE
LATE EVENING AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT. SEVERE GUSTS RANGING FROM
60-85 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE MORE INTENSE CLUSTERS. A BRIEF
TORNADO IS POSSIBLE WITH A STRONGER MESOVORTEX.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES WEST NORTHWEST
OF FORT LEONARD WOOD MO TO 45 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF ARDMORE OK.
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).
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 93...
AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO
1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A
FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR
27035.
...SMITH
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