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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 243
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1235 PM CDT MON APR 24 2006
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
          SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
          NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1235 PM UNTIL
   600 PM CDT.
   
   HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
   MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 35
   STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES WEST OF
   TULSA OKLAHOMA TO 45 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF FAYETTEVILLE
   ARKANSAS.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).
   
   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...THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REPLACES
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 242. WATCH NUMBER 242 WILL NOT
   BE IN EFFECT AFTER 1235 PM CDT. 
   
   DISCUSSION...CLUSTER OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST OK WILL
   LIKELY PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...SPREADING ACROSS SOUTHWEST MO
   AND NORTHWEST AR.  VERY UNSTABLE AIR MASS AND MESOSCALE ORGANIZATION
   OF SYSTEM SUGGESTS A CONTINUED THREAT OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
   WINDS.
   
   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 27030.
   
   
   ...HART