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WWUS20 KWNS 111944
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SPC WW 111944
ARZ000-ILZ000-KSZ000-MOZ000-OKZ000-120200-
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 314
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
245 PM CDT THU JUN 11 2026
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
WESTERN ILLINOIS
SOUTHEAST KANSAS
MISSOURI
NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 245 PM UNTIL
900 PM CDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY WITH ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS
TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE
SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2.5
INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND
INTENSITY ALONG/AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
THE STRONGEST CONVECTION MAY BECOME SUPERCELLULAR AND POSE A THREAT
FOR LARGE TO VERY LARGE HAIL, AND PERHAPS A TORNADO OR TWO.
OTHERWISE, SCATTERED SEVERE/DAMAGING WINDS APPEAR LIKELY AS
THUNDERSTORMS GROW UPSCALE INTO ONE OR MORE BOWING CLUSTERS THROUGH
THE EVENING.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 100
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 75 MILES NORTHWEST OF
SAINT LOUIS MO TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MUSKOGEE OK. FOR A COMPLETE
DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).
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 312...WW 313...
AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO
2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A
FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 600. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR
28035.
...GLEASON
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