WW 670 SEVERE TSTM AR OK 052200Z – 060500Z
URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 670
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
500 PM CDT Tue Sep 5 2023
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Northwest Arkansas
Southwest to northeast Oklahoma
* Effective this Tuesday afternoon from 500 PM until Midnight
CDT.
* Primary threats include…
Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 80
mph possible
Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible
SUMMARY…Isolated to scattered thunderstorms will develop along a
northeast to southwest-oriented front in Oklahoma and should grow
upscale into multicell clusters, especially over eastern Oklahoma
into northwest Arkansas. Damaging winds will be the main threat.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70
statute miles east and west of a line from 30 miles northeast of
Grove OK to 40 miles southeast of Chickasha OK. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).
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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION…CONTINUE…WW 669…
AVIATION…A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 70 knots. A few
cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector
32025.
…Grams
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