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SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 74

SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 74

[html]WW 74 SEVERE TSTM AR OK TX 302045Z - 310300Z
     
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 74
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
345 PM CDT Sun Mar 30 2025

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Southwest Arkansas
  Far Southeast Oklahoma
  North into Northeast Texas

* Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 345 PM until
  1000 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 3
    inches in diameter likely
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...Isolated to widely scattered thunderstorms are forecast to
develop and rapidly intensify this afternoon and persist into the
evening.  Supercells capable of large to very large hail will be
possible with the stronger storms.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
statute miles east and west of a line from 40 miles north northwest
of Hot Springs AR to 40 miles west southwest of Corsicana TX. 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.

&&

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...c*NTINUE...WW 70...WW 71...WW 72...WW
73...

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
27025.

...Smith


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Source: SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 74 (http://ht**://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0074.html)