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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 415

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1145 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       ARKANSAS



EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1145 AM UNTIL 600

PM CDT.



HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70

MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85

STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST

OF HOT SPRINGS ARKANSAS TO 30 MILES EAST OF FLIPPIN ARKANSAS.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



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 414...



DISCUSSION...LARGE MCS AND ASSOCIATED SEVERE THREAT WILL TRACK SEWD

ACROSS MUCH OF AR THIS AFTERNOON.  WIND DAMAGE/TREES DOWN WILL BE

LIKELY AS LEADING GUST FRONT PUSHES SYSTEM TOWARDS THE MS RIVER

VALLEY...ALTHOUGH ISOLATED LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO

EXPECTED.



AVIATION...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 500. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 29035.





...EVANS

