SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 217
SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 217
[html]WW 217 SEVERE TSTM AR KS MO OK 151345Z - 152100Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 217
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
845 AM CDT Sun May 15 2022
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Far northwest Arkansas
Southeast Kansas
Central to southern Missouri
Northeast Oklahoma
* Effective this Sunday morning and afternoon from 845 AM until
400 PM CDT.
* Primary threats include...
Widespread damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 80
mph likely
Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2.5
inches in diameter likely
A tornado or two possible
SUMMARY...Multiple clusters with embedded bows and supercells will
spread across the Ozark Plateau region into this afternoon.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70
statute miles north and south of a line from 35 miles east of Vichy
MO to 25 miles west southwest of Bartlesville OK. For a co*plete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).
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 216...
AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 70 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector
30045.
...Grams
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Source: SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 217 (http://ht**://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0217.html)