SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 384

WW 384 SEVERE TSTM AR MS TN 071450Z – 072100Z

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 384
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
950 AM CDT Sat Jun 7 2025

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  East central Arkansas
  Northern Mississippi
  Southwest Tennessee

* Effective this Saturday morning and afternoon from 950 AM until
  400 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts
    to 75 mph possible
  Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...An organized convective line and lead cluster are expected
to merge into a single, larger/bowing line of storms through early
afternoon as the storms move across southwest Tennessee and northern
Mississippi.  Damaging winds up to 75 mph will be the main threat,
though the strongest embedded storms could also produce large hail
up to 1.5 inches in diameter.  An isolated tornado or two may also
occur with embedded circulations in the line.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 75
statute miles east and west of a line from 55 miles northeast of
Memphis TN to 35 miles south of Oxford MS. For a complete depiction
of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS
WOU4).

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 383...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector
27035.

...Thompson

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