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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 10

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

540 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2013



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       MUCH OF ARKANSAS

       NORTHERN LOUISIANA

       MISSOURI BOOTHEEL

       EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

       NORTHEAST TEXAS



EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 540

PM UNTIL 100 AM CST.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND

GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE

AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 100 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES WEST OF NATCHITOCHES

LOUISIANA TO 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF WALNUT RIDGE ARKANSAS.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).



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.



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 7...WW 9...



DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND

INTENSITY THROUGH THE EVENING AS A POWERFUL UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM

APPROACHES THE REGION.  VERY STRONG LOW LEVEL WIND FIELDS AND

SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY WILL PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.  BOW ECHOS AND SUPERCELLS SEEM TO BE THE

GREATEST RISK...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT

TORNADOES AND WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23045.





...HART

