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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 692
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
355 AM MST Thu Oct 22 2026

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Central and Eastern Arizona

* Effective this Thursday morning from 355 AM until 1100 AM MST.

* 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
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...Supercells should continue to develop and pose a threat
for mainly large hail generally around 1.0-1.75 inches in diameter
this morning as they move east-northeastward. Isolated 2+ inch
hailstones may occur with the most intense cores. Occasional
severe/damaging winds and perhaps a tornado or two also appear
possible.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50
statute miles north and south of a line from 25 miles north
northwest of Gila Bend AZ to 35 miles east northeast of Safford AZ.
For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch
outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).

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 691...

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 500. Mean storm motion vector
22035.

...Gleason