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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 625
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
600 PM CDT Thu Aug 15 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Extreme northwestern Arkansas
  Southeastern Kansas
  Southwestern and south-central Missouri
  Western, central and northeastern Oklahoma

* Effective this Thursday night from 600 PM until Midnight CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75
    mph possible
  Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

SUMMARY...Scattered pulse-severe downbursts with embedded damaging
gusts and large hail are possible from thunderstorms the next
several hours in a well-heated, unstable and very moist environment.
 A few small clusters also may organize with cold-pool-driven wind
potential.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55
statute miles north and south of a line from 30 miles west of
Clinton OK to 30 miles southeast of Fort Leonard Wood MO. For a
co*plete 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.

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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...c*NTINUE...WW 623...WW 624...

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 600. Mean storm motion vector
28020.

...Edwards