URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 690
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
600 PM MST Wed Oct 21 2026

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Central and Northern Arizona

* Effective this Wednesday night and Thursday morning from 600 PM
  until 200 AM MST.

* Primary threats include...
  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible
  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...Isolated severe thunderstorms capable of a risk for large
hail and severe gusts will be possible tonight across the Watch
area.  A tornado is also possible with the more intense supercells.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
statute miles north and south of a line from 25 miles west of
Flagstaff AZ to 30 miles north northeast of Show Low AZ. 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 688...WW 689...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 55 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 350. Mean storm motion vector
22040.

...Smith