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SPC WW 181833

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 47

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

135 PM CDT FRI MAR 18 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHERN ARKANSAS

  NORTHERN LOUISIANA

  WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  NORTHEAST TEXAS



* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 135 PM UNTIL

  800 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL LIKELY WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS

    TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF MAINLY LARGE HAIL ARE

EXPECTED TO SPREAD EASTWARD FROM NORTHEAST TEXAS ACROSS SOUTHERN

ARKANSAS AND NORTHERN LOUISIANA INTO WESTERN MISSISSIPPI THIS

AFTERNOON AND EVENING.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50

STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 75 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST

OF TEXARKANA ARKANSAS TO 35 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF JACKSON

MISSISSIPPI.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE

FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY

DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.



&&



AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT

TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 55

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 26030.





...WEISS

