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SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 134

SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 134

[html]WW 134 SEVERE TSTM AR OK 160655Z - 161500Z
     
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 134
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
155 AM CDT Sat Apr 16 2022

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Western and central Arkansas
  Eastern Oklahoma

* Effective this Saturday morning from 155 AM until 1000 AM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 3
    inches in diameter possible
  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

SUMMARY...A growing area of strong-severe thunderstorms, initially
in watch 132, will persist beyond that watch's expiration time, and
expand/shift into Arkansas as well.  Additional thunderstorms should
form in both areas through at least midmorning.  Large hail (some
potentially 2+ inches in diameter) will be the main threat.  Some of
the storms may beco*e surface-based in Arkansas, and a severe-gust
potential or conditional tornado threat may develop.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
statute miles north and south of a line from 40 miles west southwest
of Muskogee OK to 5 miles north of Little Rock AR. For a co*plete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).

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 132...WW 133...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
3 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
29030.

...Edwards


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Source: SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 134 (http://ht**://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0134.html)