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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 366
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WW0366 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Low

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   SEL6
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 366
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   345 PM CDT WED JUN 10 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
          EASTERN AND NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 345 PM UNTIL
   1000 PM CDT.
   
   HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
   MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 110
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTH
   NORTHWEST OF GROVE OKLAHOMA TO 60 MILES WEST OF MCALESTER
   OKLAHOMA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).
   
   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 364...WW 365...
   
   DISCUSSION...A LARGE AREA OF CONVECTION IS SPREADING EWD/NEWD FROM
   CENTRAL TOWARD ERN OK...IN ADVANCE OF A MID LEVEL TROUGH EJECTING
   NEWD OVER THE TX PANHANDLE TO WRN OK.  LIFT IN ADVANCE OF THIS MID
   LEVEL WAVE...AND ON THE LEADING EDGE OF A LARGE
   CONVECTIVELY-GENERATED COLD POOL...WILL LIKELY LEAD TO ADDITIONAL
   THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE EVENING.  A GRADUAL INCREASE IN
   MID LEVEL FLOW FROM W-E AND MODERATE-STRONG INSTABILITY WILL SUPPORT
   A CONTINUED THREAT FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL WITH THE STRONGER
   STORMS.
   
   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 550. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 26025.
   
   
   ...THOMPSON
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