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WWUS20 KWNS 221912
SEL5
SPC WW 221912
ARZ000-MOZ000-MSZ000-TNZ000-230300-
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 615
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
215 PM CDT SAT AUG 22 2026
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHERN INTO CENTRAL AND EASTERN ARKANSAS
MISSOURI BOOTHEEL
NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI
WESTERN TENNESSEE
* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 215 PM UNTIL
1000 PM CDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 75
MPH POSSIBLE
ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP AND
INTENSIFY THIS AFTERNOON AND POSE A RISK FOR SEVERE GUSTS AND
PERHAPS AN ISOLATED THREAT FOR LARGE HAIL. AS ADDITIONAL STORMS
DEVELOP AND CLUSTERS OF STORMS EVOLVE, THE RISK FOR SEVERE GUSTS
WILL PROBABLY INCREASE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EARLY
EVENING AS A LINEAR CLUSTER MOVES SOUTHEAST. SEVERE GUSTS 60 TO 75
MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS ACTIVITY.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 90
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF
RUSSELLVILLE AR TO 30 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF TUPELO MS. 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 614...
AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO
1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A
FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR
32025.
...SMITH
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