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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 406

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

555 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  CENTRAL ARKANSAS

  NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI

  WEST TENNESSEE



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 555 PM UNTIL

  1100 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES SOUTH

SOUTHWEST OF FORT SMITH ARKANSAS TO 60 MILES NORTHEAST OF TUPELO

MISSISSIPPI.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 403...WW 404...WW 405...



DISCUSSION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING ACROSS PARTS OF

AR/TN IN A VERY MOIST/UNSTABLE AIR MASS.  ACTIVITY WILL BUILD

SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE EVENING WITH ENOUGH MID LEVEL WINDS TO PROMOTE

ORGANIZED MULTICELL STORMS CAPABLE OF LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS AND

HAIL.



AVIATION...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 550. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 30020.





...HART

