URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 145
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
525 PM CDT Sat Apr 25 2026

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Northwest Arkansas
  Southeast Kansas
  Southwest Missouri
  Northeast Oklahoma

* Effective this Saturday afternoon from 525 PM until Midnight
  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...Scattered thunderstorms will develop east/northeast
through the evening. These storms will mainly pose a risk for large
hail in the 1.0-2.0 inch range. A few strong to severe wind gusts
also are possible. While the overall tornado risk is low, a surface
boundary across west-central Arkansas could lift northward this
evening and a tornado along this boundary is conditionally possible.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
statute miles north and south of a line from 40 miles west southwest
of Bartlesville OK to 35 miles north northeast of Fayetteville AR.
For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch
outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).

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 143...WW 144...

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
27035.

...Leitman