URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 330
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
605 PM CDT Sat Jun 13 2026

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Tornado Watch for portions of 
  Northwest Arkansas
  Far Southwest Missouri
  North-Central and Northeast Oklahoma

* Effective this Saturday evening from 605 PM until 1100 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  A few tornadoes and a couple intense tornadoes possible
  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75
    mph possible
  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2.5
    inches in diameter possible

SUMMARY...Supercells that have developed along an outflow boundary
early this evening should pose some threat for large to very large
hail up to 2.5 inches in diameter, along with occasional
severe/damaging winds. A narrow spatial and temporal window will
also exist for a few tornadoes with any supercells that can remain
anchored along/near the outflow boundary this evening as low-level
shear strengthens. A strong tornado is possible.

The tornado watch area is approximately along and 35 statute miles
north and south of a line from 35 miles west southwest of Ponca City
OK to 40 miles east northeast of Fayetteville AR. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A Tornado Watch means conditions are favorable for
tornadoes and 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.

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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 327...WW 328...WW 329...

AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail
surface and aloft to 2.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind
gusts to 65 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 600. Mean
storm motion vector 28025.

...Gleason