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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 296

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

620 PM CDT Wed May 29 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Central and Southwest Arkansas

  Southeast Oklahoma

  Northeast Texas



* Effective this Wednesday night and Thursday morning from 620 PM

  until 100 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A couple tornadoes possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Thunderstorms will continue to affect the watch area

through the evening, with a few intense cells possible.  Damaging

winds are the primary concern, but an isolated tornado or two is

also possible.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 50 statute miles

north and south of a line from 80 miles west southwest of Texarkana

AR to 75 miles east northeast of Little Rock AR. For a complete

depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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 292...WW 293...WW

294...WW 295...



AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail

surface and aloft to 1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean

storm motion vector 24030.



...Hart

