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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.

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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