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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 180
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1110 AM CDT WED APR 29 2026
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
FAR SOUTHERN ARKANSAS
NORTHWEST AND NORTHERN LOUISIANA
NORTHEAST INTO EAST TEXAS
* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1110 AM UNTIL
700 PM CDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 3
INCHES IN DIAMETER LIKELY
SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP
WITH THE STRONGER STORMS BECOMING SUPERCELLS AND YIELDING A RISK FOR
LARGE TO VERY LARGE HAIL (1 TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER). ADDITIONAL
STORM DEVELOPMENT WILL LIKELY LEAD TO A LINEAR THUNDERSTORM CLUSTER
EVOLVING LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS WILL BECOME MORE PREVALENT AS THIS TRANSITION IN CONVECTIVE
MODE OCCURS.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTH OF
CORSICANA TX TO 25 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF MONROE LA. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).
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
3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A
FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR
29025.
...SMITH
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