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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 285
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WW0285 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Moderate

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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 285
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   1145 AM CDT Wed May 22 2024

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     Northeast Arkansas
     Southwest Kentucky
     Southeast Missouri
     Northern Mississippi
     Western Tennessee

   * Effective this Wednesday morning and evening from 1145 AM until
     700 PM CDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
     Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
       inches in diameter possible

   SUMMARY...Thunderstorms that are forming over eastern Arkansas will
   intensify this afternoon and spread eastward across the watch area. 
   Locally damaging wind gusts and hail are possible with the stronger
   cells.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55
   statute miles north and south of a line from 40 miles south
   southwest of Jonesboro AR to 30 miles south southeast of Clarksville
   TN. 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 284...

   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 500. Mean storm motion vector
   26030.

   ...Hart
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