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WWUS20 KWNS 232246

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ARZ000-LAZ000-MSZ000-240600-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 60

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

545 PM CDT SAT MAR 23 2013



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       PARTS OF SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS

       PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA

       PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI



EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 545 PM

UNTIL 100 AM 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 40

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES WEST

NORTHWEST OF MONROE LOUISIANA TO 10 MILES EAST OF COLUMBUS

MISSISSIPPI.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).



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 58...WW 59...



DISCUSSION...STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE

DEVELOPING AND RAPIDLY MOVE EAST NORTHEASTWARD ALONG FRONTAL ZONE

ACROSS THE WATCH AREA WITH A RISK FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND

GUSTS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.



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 25045.





...KERR

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WWUS20 KWNS 232246

SEL0

SPC WW 232246

ARZ000-LAZ000-MSZ000-240600-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 60

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

545 PM CDT SAT MAR 23 2013



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       PARTS OF SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS

       PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA

       PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI



EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 545 PM

UNTIL 100 AM 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 40

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES WEST

NORTHWEST OF MONROE LOUISIANA TO 10 MILES EAST OF COLUMBUS

MISSISSIPPI.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).



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 58...WW 59...



DISCUSSION...STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE

DEVELOPING AND RAPIDLY MOVE EAST NORTHEASTWARD ALONG FRONTAL ZONE

ACROSS THE WATCH AREA WITH A RISK FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND

GUSTS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.



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 25045.





...KERR

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