WW 626 SEVERE TSTM AR MS TN 182315Z – 190600Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 626 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 615 PM CDT Sat Oct 18 2025 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Eastern Arkansas Northern Mississippi Western Tennessee * Effective this Saturday night and Sunday morning from 615 PM until 100 AM CDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible A tornado or two possible SUMMARY...A linear cluster of storms will continue to progress toward and across the region this evening, with wind damage as the primary hazard. Some increased organization and intensity is plausible this evening as additional low-level moistening occurs nocturnally, along with an increasing low-level jet. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 45 statute miles east and west of a line from 40 miles west of Jackson TN to 50 miles southwest of Oxford MS. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6). 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 624...WW 625... AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector 23035. ...Guyer
