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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 70

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

230 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EXTREME EAST CENTRAL ARKANSAS

  CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI

  SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 230 PM UNTIL

  1000 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES AND A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2.5

    INCHES IN DIAMETER LIKELY

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN

MISSISSIPPI THROUGH THE AFTERNOON/EVENING...AND ALSO CONTINUE ACROSS

SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE.  THE MAIN TORNADO RISK WILL BE FOCUSED CLOSER

TO NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI THIS EVENING...THOUGH AN ISOLATED TORNADO

OR TWO WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH STORMS FARTHER SOUTH AND WEST.

OTHERWISE...SUPERCELLS WITH LARGE HAIL WITH LARGE HAIL ARE

EXPECTED...AND THERE WILL BE SOME POTENTIAL FOR GROWTH INTO

THUNDERSTORM CLUSTERS WITH A DAMAGING WIND RISK LATER THIS EVENING.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTH OF OXFORD

MISSISSIPPI TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF JACKSON MISSISSIPPI.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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 68...WW 69...



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25035.





...THOMPSON

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