URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 147
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1010 PM CDT Sat Apr 25 2026

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Southwest Arkansas
  Northwest Louisiana
  Southeast Oklahoma
  Northeast Texas

* Effective this Saturday night and Sunday morning from 1010 PM
  until 600 AM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered large hail likely with 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...Isolated to scattered thunderstorms will continue to track
southeast into the overnight hours. Nocturnal cooling and increasing
boundary-layer inhibition will limit surface-based storms and large
hail up to 2 inch diameter will be the main hazard. Isolated severe
gusts also are possible. If a storm can become surface-based, a
tornado is also possible.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 65
statute miles north and south of a line from 60 miles southwest of
De Queen AR to 35 miles east of El Dorado AR. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).

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 144...WW 145...WW 146...

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 500. Mean storm motion vector
29035.

...Leitman