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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 143
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
High Low

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   SEL3

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 143
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   900 PM CDT Fri Apr 18 2025

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     Northern Arkansas
     Southern and Eastern Missouri
     Eastern Oklahoma

   * Effective this Friday night and Saturday morning from 900 PM
     until 300 AM CDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter likely
     Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
     A tornado or two possible

   SUMMARY...Strong to severe thunderstorms will continue to increase
   across the region through the remainder of the evening into the
   overnight.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 65
   statute miles north and south of a line from 40 miles north
   northwest of Mcalester OK to 35 miles north of Farmington MO. For a
   complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
   update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).

   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.

   &&

   AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
   1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
   few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
   23030.

   ...Guyer
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