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SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 223

SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 223

[html]WW 223 SEVERE TSTM AR LA MS 152220Z - 160400Z
     
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 223
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
520 PM CDT Sun May 15 2022

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Southeast Arkansas
  Northeast Louisiana
  Central Mississippi

* Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 520 PM until
  1100 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

SUMMARY...A fast-moving line of thunderstorms over central Arkansas
will track southeastward across the watch area this evening.
Damaging winds are the main threat, although large hail will also be
possible.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55
statute miles north and south of a line from 45 miles west of Monroe
LA to 45 miles east southeast of Greenwood MS. For a co*plete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).

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...c*NTINUE...WW 218...WW 219...WW
220...WW 221...WW 222...

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
29035.

...Hart


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Source: SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 223 (http://ht**://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0223.html)