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WWUS20 KWNS 140009

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SPC WW 140009

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 43

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

705 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  ARKANSAS

  EXTREME NORTHERN LOUISIANA

  WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

  SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE



* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 705 PM

  UNTIL 200 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2

    INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...SEVERE STORMS PRODUCING A FEW TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...AND

DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD EASTWARD FROM ARKANSAS AND FAR

NORTHERN LOUISIANA ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER INTO WESTERN PARTS

OF MISSISSIPPI AND TENNESSEE TONIGHT.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 110 STATUTE

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

BATESVILLE ARKANSAS TO 45 MILES SOUTH OF MONTICELLO ARKANSAS.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO

WATCH NUMBER 42. WATCH NUMBER 42 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 705

PM CDT.



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

450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24030.





...WEISS

