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WWUS20 KWNS 100640

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SPC WW 100640

ARZ000-101500-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 185

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

140 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS



EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING FROM 140 AM UNTIL 1000 AM CDT.



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

GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE

AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF

FLIPPIN ARKANSAS TO 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RUSSELLVILLE ARKANSAS.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



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 182...WW 183...WW 184...



DISCUSSION...TSTMS/SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING/MOVING

ENE ALONG SLIGHTLY ELEVATED WARM FRONT.  STRENGTHENING/MOISTENING

WIND FIELD DOWNSTREAM FROM POTENT W TX VORT WILL POSE THREAT FOR

TORNADOES IN ADDITION TO BOWING SEGMENTS WITH HIGH WIND/HAIL.



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 26035.





...CORFIDI

