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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 290
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WW0290 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
High High

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   SEL0

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 290
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   855 AM CDT Wed Jun 14 2023

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     Southwest Arkansas
     Northwest and north central Louisiana
     South central into southeast Oklahoma
     North and northeast Texas

   * Effective this Wednesday morning and afternoon from 855 AM
     until 400 PM CDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     Widespread large hail and scattered very large hail events to 3
       inches in diameter likely
     Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts
       to 75 mph possible
     A tornado or two possible

   SUMMARY...Supercell development is expected this morning along and
   just north of a stalled front close to the Red River, and the storms
   will spread generally east-southeastward into this afternoon.  The
   storm environment favors very large hail (to at least 3 inches in
   diameter) and a few damaging gusts of 60-75 mph.  An isolated
   tornado or two may also occur by early-mid afternoon with any
   supercells right along the front across northeast Texas and
   northwest Louisiana.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 45
   statute miles north and south of a line from 25 miles west of
   Sherman TX to 35 miles southeast of El Dorado AR. For a complete
   depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
   (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).

   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 289...

   AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
   3 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A
   few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 600. Mean storm motion vector
   28035.

   ...Thompson
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