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SPC WW 212135
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 482
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
440 PM CDT Thu Jul 21 2022

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Southern Arkansas

* Effective this Thursday afternoon and evening from 440 PM until
  1000 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

SUMMARY...Multicell storm clusters will likely persist through late
evening while spreading east-southeastward across southern Arkansas.
 Occasional downburst winds of 60-70 mph appear to be the main
threat.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 25
statute miles north and south of a line from 70 miles west southwest
of Pine Bluff AR to 40 miles east northeast of Monticello AR. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).

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...CONTINUE...WW 479...WW 480...WW 481...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
0.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 600. Mean storm motion vector
31015.

...Thompson