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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 183

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

805 PM CDT WED APR 9 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       WESTERN ARKANSAS

       SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

       NORTHEAST TEXAS



EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 805 PM

UNTIL 300 AM CDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND

GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE

AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 45 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT

SMITH ARKANSAS TO 35 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF DE QUEEN ARKANSAS.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



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 179...WW 180...WW

181...WW 182...



DISCUSSION...SCATTERED INTENSE/SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING

EASTWARD ACROSS EASTERN OK INTO WESTERN AR.  THESE STORMS ARE IN

REGION OF STRONG ASCENT AHEAD OF SUB-SYNOPTIC SURFACE LOW.  VERY

STRONG WIND FIELDS AND MODERATE INSTABILITY SHOULD MAINTAIN THE RISK

OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND TORNADOES FOR SEVERAL HOURS.



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

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.





...HART

