

810 

WWUS20 KWNS 220200

SEL9

SPC WW 220200

ARZ000-LAZ000-MSZ000-220700-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 209

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

900 PM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS

  NORTHEAST LOUISIANA

  CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 900 PM

  UNTIL 200 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  A FEW LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES SOUTH

SOUTHEAST OF FORT POLK LOUISIANA TO 40 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF

GREENWOOD MISSISSIPPI.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE

THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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 205...WW 206...WW

207...WW 208...



DISCUSSION...SW-NE AR-LA SQLN EXPECTED TO CONTINUE EWD ...WITH

EMBEDDED SMALL BOWS AND SUSTAINED STORMS IN LEWP CRESTS POSING A

RISK FOR LOCALLY DMGG WIND AND PERHAPS A BRIEF TORNADO OR TWO

THROUGH LATE TNGT.



AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT

TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS.

A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION

VECTOR 26030.





...CORFIDI

