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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 200

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1250 AM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTHEAST ARKANSAS

  MISSOURI BOOTHEEL



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING FROM 1250 AM UNTIL 400 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  A FEW LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 40

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES EAST

NORTHEAST OF WALNUT RIDGE ARKANSAS TO 90 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF

JONESBORO ARKANSAS.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE

THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).



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 195...WW 196...WW

197...WW 198...WW 199...



DISCUSSION...BOWING LINE OF STORMS IS EXPECTED TO ADVANCE EASTWARD

INTO A MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIR MASS LOCATED OVER NERN AR AND THE MO

BOOTHEEL OVERNIGHT WITH A THREAT FOR STRONG...DAMAGING WINDS.

POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR DAMAGING WINDS TO MOVE EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI

RIVER INTO FAR WRN TN AND FAR NWRN MS AFTER 07Z...WHERE A LOCAL

WATCH EXTENSION MAY BE REQUIRED.



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

TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

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

MOTION VECTOR 27045.





...PETERS/HART

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