URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 70
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
835 PM CDT Mon Apr 1 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Northwest Arkansas
  Eastern Oklahoma
  East Texas

* Effective this Monday night and Tuesday morning from 835 PM
  until 100 AM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75
    mph likely
  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
    inches in diameter likely
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...A line of intense storms over east-central TX and eastern
Oklahoma will persist for a few more hours, posing a risk of
damaging wind gusts and large hail.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
statute miles east and west of a line from 25 miles north northwest
of Poteau OK to 35 miles southeast of Waco TX. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).

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 64...WW 65...WW 66...WW
67...WW 68...WW 69...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
25030.

...Hart