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SEL5 URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 305 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 620 PM CDT Fri May 24 2024 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Southeast Arkansas Northwest Mississippi * Effective this Friday evening from 620 PM until 1100 PM CDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible SUMMARY...Scattered storms, some with supercell structure, may persist for a few more hours while moving southeastward across southeast Arkansas and northwest Mississippi. Occasional large hail of 1-2 inches in diameter and damaging gusts of 60-70 mph will be the main threats through late evening. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 40 statute miles north and south of a line from 20 miles northwest of Pine Bluff AR to 40 miles south southeast of Oxford MS. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5). 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. && OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 302...WW 303...WW 304... 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 550. Mean storm motion vector 31020. ...Thompson