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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 628
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
310 PM CDT WED AUG 26 2026
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
ARKANSAS
EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA
FAR NORTHEAST TEXAS
* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 310 PM
UNTIL 1000 PM CDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS ARE ONGOING FROM PARTS OF NORTHERN AND
CENTRAL ARKANSAS INTO FAR EAST-CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. THUNDERSTORM
COVERAGE IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN THESE AREAS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING, AS WELL AS FARTHER SOUTH IN THE ARKLATEX VICINITY. STRONG
TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE, WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AS
THE PRIMARY SEVERE RISK. SOME ISOLATED LARGE HAIL IS POSSIBLE AS
WELL.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF
FLIPPIN AR TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF TEXARKANA AR. FOR A COMPLETE
DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).
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
1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A
FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR
36020.
...MOSIER
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