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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 121
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
230 PM CDT Wed Apr 15 2026

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Tornado Watch for portions of
  Far Northwest Arkansas
  Southeast Kansas
  Southwest Missouri
  Central and Eastern Oklahoma

* Effective this Wednesday afternoon and evening from 230 PM
  until 900 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  A couple tornadoes possible
  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2.5
    inches in diameter possible
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

SUMMARY...Supercells should pose a threat for mainly large hail
initially, with peak hailstones up to 1.5-2.5 inches in diameter.
Scattered damaging winds will be possible with any thunderstorms
that can form into one or more clusters through the evening. The
threat for a couple of tornadoes should also gradually increase this
evening, especially for any convection that can remain at least
semi-discrete.

The tornado watch area is approximately along and 65 statute miles
east and west of a line from 60 miles north of Joplin MO to 35 miles
south southwest of Ardmore OK. For a complete depiction of the watch
see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).

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.

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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 119...WW 120...

AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail
surface and aloft to 2.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind
gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean
storm motion vector 23035.

...Gleason