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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 60

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

225 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS

  NORTHWEST LOUISIANA

  EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

  NORTHEAST TEXAS



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 225 PM

  UNTIL 1000 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES LIKELY

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2

    INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...A GRADUAL INCREASE IN STORM INTENSITY IS EXPECTED THIS

AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING AS THUNDERSTORMS BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD

FROM NORTHEAST TEXAS INTO NORTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWEST

ARKANSAS.  THE STORM ENVIRONMENT WILL ALSO BECOME MORE FAVORABLE FOR

SUPERCELLS WITH THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE A FEW TORNADOES...ALONG

WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS INTO TONIGHT.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF

TEXARKANA ARKANSAS TO 30 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF SHREVEPORT

LOUISIANA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).



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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 58...WW 59...



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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 24035.





...THOMPSON

