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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 625
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WW0625 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Very Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Low

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   SEL5

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 625
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   600 PM CDT Thu Aug 15 2024

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     Extreme northwestern Arkansas
     Southeastern Kansas
     Southwestern and south-central Missouri
     Western, central and northeastern Oklahoma

   * Effective this Thursday night from 600 PM until Midnight CDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75
       mph possible
     Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

   SUMMARY...Scattered pulse-severe downbursts with embedded damaging
   gusts and large hail are possible from thunderstorms the next
   several hours in a well-heated, unstable and very moist environment.
    A few small clusters also may organize with cold-pool-driven wind
   potential.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55
   statute miles north and south of a line from 30 miles west of
   Clinton OK to 30 miles southeast of Fort Leonard Wood MO. For a
   complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
   update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).

   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 623...WW 624...

   AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
   1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A
   few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 600. Mean storm motion vector
   28020.

   ...Edwards
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