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Tornado Watch 152
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WW0152 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Moderate
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Low

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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Tornado Watch Number 152
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   1130 PM CDT Sat Apr 19 2025

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Tornado Watch for portions of 
     West-Central and Northwest Arkansas
     Eastern and Southeast Oklahoma
     Central and North Texas

   * Effective this Saturday night and Sunday morning from 1130 PM
     until 700 AM CDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     A few tornadoes and a couple intense tornadoes possible
     Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
     Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

   SUMMARY...A broken band of strong to severe thunderstorms will
   continue to progress east-northeast across the Watch area tonight. 
   The severe risk, including the potential for a few tornadoes, will
   likely focus with supercells and bowing line segments.  A strong
   tornado or two remains possible due to a moist and strongly sheared
   environment expected to persist through tonight.

   The tornado watch area is approximately along and 60 statute miles
   east and west of a line from 35 miles west northwest of Harrison AR
   to 25 miles east southeast of Brownwood TX. For a complete depiction
   of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS
   WOU2).

   PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

   REMEMBER...A Tornado Watch means conditions are favorable for
   tornadoes and 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.

   &&

   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 149...WW 150...WW 151...

   AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail
   surface and aloft to 1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind
   gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean
   storm motion vector 24035.

   ...Smith
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