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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 116
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1120 PM CDT Tue Apr 14 2026

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Northwest Arkansas
  Southwest Missouri

* Effective this Tuesday night and Wednesday morning from 1120 PM
  until 400 AM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...A bowing line of thunderstorms over northeast Oklahoma
will track eastward into the watch area overnight.  Locally damaging
wind gusts and perhaps a tornado are possible along the leading edge
of the storms.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 40
statute miles east and west of a line from 15 miles north northwest
of Monett MO to 30 miles south southwest of Fayetteville AR. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).

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 113...WW 114...WW 115...

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
26030.

...Hart