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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 263

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

215 PM CDT Mon Jun 1 2026



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 

  Northern and Central Arkansas

  Far Southern Missouri



* Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 215 PM until

  900 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely

  Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Thunderstorm coverage and intensity is expected to

increase this afternoon into this evening from southern Missouri

into central Arkansas. A very warm, moist, and unstable airmass is

in place, supporting the potential for robust updrafts capable of

damaging gusts and isolated hail.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70

statute miles north and south of a line from 10 miles west of

Fayetteville AR to 95 miles southeast of Batesville AR. For a

complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline

update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



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 261...WW 262...



AVIATION...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

30025.



...Mosier