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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 401
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
555 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2026
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
FAR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
FAR SOUTHEAST KANSAS
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
NORTHERN OKLAHOMA
* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 555
PM UNTIL 100 AM CDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ALONG A
SURFACE BOUNDARY EXTENDING ACROSS FAR NORTHERN OKLAHOMA INTO
SOUTHWEST/SOUTH-CENTRAL MISSOURI. STRONG BUOYANCY AND MODERATE SHEAR
WILL SUPPORT OCCASIONALLY ORGANIZED STORM STRUCTURES CAPABLE OF
ISOLATED HAIL AND STRONG DOWNDRAFTS.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 45
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 85 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST
OF ALVA OK TO 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT LEONARD WOOD MO. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).
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 397...WW 398...WW
399...WW 400...
AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO
1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A
FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR
27020.
...MOSIER
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