Severe Thunderstorm Watch 52

Issued

Mar 23, 2016, 5:37 PM CDT (22:37 UTC)

Expired

Mar 23, 2016, 11:50 PM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

2 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Two or more tornadoes

20%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

2%

Ten or more severe wind reports

40%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

10%

Ten or more severe hail reports

60%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

30%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

70%

• Mesoscale Discussion 253Mar 23, 3:53 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 254Mar 23, 6:17 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 258Mar 23, 8:49 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 260Mar 23, 11:01 PM CDT

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WWUS20 KWNS 232235
SEL2  
SPC WW 232235
ARZ000-OKZ000-240500-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 52
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
540 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
  NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
  EASTERN AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA

* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FROM 540 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...THUNDERSTORMS ARE INTENSIFYING ALONG A LINE FROM EAST OF
ARDMORE TO EAST OF TULSA.  THIS ACTIVITY WILL TRACK NORTHEASTWARD
THIS EVENING...POSING A THREAT OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.  AN
ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO CANNOT BE RULED OUT.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
DURANT OKLAHOMA TO 20 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF FAYETTEVILLE
ARKANSAS.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).

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.

&&

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 51...

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 450. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 24035.


...HART

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.