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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 1
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
825 AM CST Thu Jan 8 2026

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Tornado Watch for portions of 
  Northwest Arkansas
  Far Southwest Missouri
  Northeast Oklahoma

* Effective this Thursday morning from 825 AM until NOON CST.

* Primary threats include...
  A couple tornadoes possible
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible
  Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible

SUMMARY...A band of strong to severe thunderstorms will continue to
move rapidly northeast across the Watch area this morning into the
midday hours.  Severe gusts will be possible with the stronger
surges and inflections within the band as the airmass continues to
moisten and become weakly unstable.  A couple of tornadoes are
possible with the stronger mesovortices or in association with weak
mesocyclones embedded within the broader convective system.

The tornado watch area is approximately along and 55 statute miles
east and west of a line from 35 miles north northwest of Grove OK to
35 miles south southeast of Muskogee 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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AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail
surface and aloft to 1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind
gusts to 55 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 350. Mean
storm motion vector 23060.

...Smith