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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 186
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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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   SEL6

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 186
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   235 AM CDT Tue Apr 29 2025

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     Far Northwest Arkansas
     South-Central/Southeast Kansas
     Far Southwest Missouri
     Northern Oklahoma
     Far Northeast Texas Panhandle

   * Effective this Tuesday morning from 235 AM until 1000 AM CDT.

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

   SUMMARY...Thunderstorms are expected to develop across northwest OK
   and the far northeast TX Panhandle in the vicinity of a cold front
   progressing southward. This initial activity could pose a threat for
   large hail. This development will likely grow upscale with an
   attendant threat for damaging gusts as it moves eastward across
   northern OK and south-central/southeast KS into far southwest MO and
   far northwest AR. Some hail is possible within the stronger cells
   across these areas as well.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
   statute miles north and south of a line from 95 miles west southwest
   of Alva OK to 20 miles east northeast of Joplin MO. 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.

   &&

   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
   24035.

   ...Mosier
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