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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 228
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WW0228 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
High Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Moderate

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   SEL8

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 228
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   630 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2014

   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

   * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
     NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
     FAR SOUTHEAST KANSAS
     SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
     NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

   * EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 630 AM UNTIL
     100 PM CDT.

   * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
     WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY
     SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2
       INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 105
   STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTH OF
   PONCA CITY OKLAHOMA TO 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MONETT MISSOURI. 
   FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).

   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...CONTINUE...WW 226...WW 227...

   DISCUSSION...A FAST-MOVING MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE
   TO POSE A POTENTIALLY WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE RISK THIS MORNING AS IT
   CONTINUES TO SPREAD GENERALLY SOUTHEASTWARD. A STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY
   LOW-LEVEL JET WILL CONTINUE TO FUEL THIS MCS VIA WARM/MOIST
   ADVECTIONS FOCUSED TO THE IMMEDIATE NORTH OF A FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT
   ANGLES ROUGHLY WEST-NORTHWEST TO EAST-SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION.

   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
   KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 600. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 30045.


   ...GUYER
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