SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 19

WW 19 SEVERE TSTM AR MO OK 041245Z – 041700Z

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 19
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
645 AM CST Tue Mar 4 2025

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Northwest Arkansas
  Southwest Missouri
  Far Northeast Oklahoma

* Effective this Tuesday morning from 645 AM until 1100 AM CST.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
  Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...A severe squall line will continue northeast into the
Watch area, and likely pose a risk for severe gusts (60-70 mph) and
perhaps a threat for a brief tornado, with the more intense portions
of the line.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55
statute miles north and south of a line from 40 miles north
northwest of Muskogee OK to 20 miles northeast of Harrison AR. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).

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 18...

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 350. Mean storm motion vector
23040.

...Smith

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