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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 458

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

350 PM CDT Thu Aug 27 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Central and eastern Arkansas

  Western and northern Mississippi



* Effective this Thursday afternoon and evening from 350 PM until

  900 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A couple tornadoes possible



SUMMARY...Brief tornadoes will remain possible within a broader

rainfall region to the east and northeast of tropical cyclone Laura.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 50 statute miles

east and west of a line from 150 miles north northwest of Greenville

MS to 20 miles south of Greenwood MS. For a complete depiction of

the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS

WOU8).



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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 454...WW 455...WW

456...WW 457...



AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail

surface and aloft to 0.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 50 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 350. Mean

storm motion vector 16050.



...Grams

