SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 69

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.

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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

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