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WWUS20 KWNS 290040

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SPC WW 290040

ARZ000-LAZ000-MSZ000-CWZ000-290800-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 41

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

735 PM CDT FRI MAR 28 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS

  SOUTHWEST THROUGH NORTHEAST LOUISIANA

  SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 735 PM

  UNTIL 300 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SEVERAL TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY

  SEVERAL LARGE HAIL EVENTS WITH A FEW VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2

    INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 95 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF

GREENWOOD MISSISSIPPI TO 25 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF INTRACOASTAL

CITY LOUISIANA.  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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 37...WW 38...WW 39...WW

40...



DISCUSSION...STRONG TO SVR TSTMS EXPECTED TO AFFECT MUCH OF WW AREA

LATER TNGT THROUGH EARLY SAT AS LARGE-SCALE ASCENT INCREASES WITH

THE CONTINUED ENE MOVEMENT OF SE TX SHORTWAVE TROUGH. APPROACH OF

THE TROUGH WILL STRENGTHEN MID/UPR-LVL FLOW ACROSS

REGION...SUPPORTING POTENTIAL FOR SUSTAINED UPDRAFTS/SUPERCELLS

WITHIN THE E TX SQLN AND WITH STORMS ALONG STALLED BOUNDARY OVER SE

AR AND VICINITY. COUPLED WITH INCREASING LOW-LVL

MOISTURE...ESPECIALLY FROM SW AND S CNTRL LA NNEWD INTO SE AR/W

CNTRL MS...SETUP COULD SUPPORT A COUPLE TORNADOES IN ADDITION TO

LARGE HAIL/DMGG WIND.



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 27035.





...CORFIDI

