SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 282

WW 282 SEVERE TSTM AR LA OK TX 180045Z – 180700Z

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 282
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
745 PM CDT Sat May 17 2025

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Southwest and South-Central Arkansas
  Northern Louisiana
  Far Southeast Oklahoma
  Northeast Texas

* Effective this Saturday night and Sunday morning from 745 PM
  until 200 AM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2.5
    inches in diameter possible
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...Multiple clusters and supercells should spread generally
eastward this evening and overnight while posing a threat for both
large hail around 1.5-2.5 inches in diameter and severe/damaging
winds up to 60-70 mph. A tornado or two may also occur.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 80
statute miles north and south of a line from 65 miles north
northwest of Longview TX to 30 miles north of Monroe LA. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).

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 278...WW 279...WW
280...WW 281...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector
27035.

...Gleason

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