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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 152
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
515 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2026
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON FROM 515 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
A FEW TORNADOES LIKELY WITH A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 3
INCHES IN DIAMETER LIKELY
SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY
SUMMARY...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
ACROSS NORTH-CENTRAL OKLAHOMA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS WILL
TRACK EAST THROUGH THE EVENING INTO NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND FAR
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES, A
COUPLE OF WHICH COULD BE STRONG, LARGE TO VERY LARGE HAIL, AND
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 95 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF BARTLESVILLE OK
TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF TULSA OK. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH
SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND 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.
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 149...WW 150...WW 151...
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN
STORM MOTION VECTOR 27035.
...LEITMAN
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