WW 283 SEVERE TSTM AR OK 180250Z – 180900Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 283
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
950 PM CDT Sat May 17 2025
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Far Western Arkansas
Central and Eastern Oklahoma
* Effective this Saturday night and Sunday morning from 950 PM
until 400 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
A tornado or two possible
SUMMARY...Mainly elevated thunderstorms should continue to pose a
threat for large hail this evening into the early overnight hours.
The largest hailstones may reach up to 1-2 inches in diameter. There
is also some chance for a cluster of thunderstorms to form over the
next few hours. If this occurs, then the threat for severe/damaging
winds would increase as well.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50
statute miles north and south of a line from 55 miles northwest of
Chickasha OK to 5 miles east southeast of Fort Smith AR. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).
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 279...WW 280...WW
281...WW 282...
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 550. Mean storm motion vector
28035.
...Gleason
