

597 

WWUS20 KWNS 171045

SEL3

SPC WW 171045

ARZ000-OKZ000-TXZ000-171500-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 543

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

445 AM CST TUE NOV 17 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS

  SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

  EAST TEXAS



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING FROM 445 AM UNTIL 900 AM CST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...A LINE OF STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL TX WILL

SPREAD EASTWARD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THIS MORNING...WITH ISOLATED

THUNDERSTORMS FORMING AHEAD OF THE LINE AS WELL.  WIND PROFILES ARE

FAVORABLE FOR AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO...ALONG WITH DAMAGING WIND

GUSTS IN THE STRONGER CELLS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF

LUFKIN TEXAS TO 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF PARIS TEXAS.  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...CONTINUE...WW 542...



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.





...HART

