WW 69 SEVERE TSTM AR KS MO OK 300550Z – 301200Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 69 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1250 AM CDT Sun Mar 30 2025 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Northwest Arkansas Far Southeast Kansas Southwest and South-Central Missouri Eastern Oklahoma * Effective this Sunday morning from 1250 AM until 700 AM CDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible A tornado or two possible SUMMARY...A cluster of thunderstorms should continue to move quickly northeastward early this morning while posing a threat for mainly severe/damaging winds, with peak gusts potentially up to 55-70 mph. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70 statute miles north and south of a line from 25 miles west southwest of Muskogee OK to 45 miles northeast of Springfield MO. 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. && OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 67...WW 68... 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 22045. ...Gleason