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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 151

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

915 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       PARTS OF EASTERN ARKANSAS

       PARTS OF NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI

       PARTS OF WESTERN TENNESSEE



EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 915 PM UNTIL

200 AM CDT.



HAIL TO 1 INCH 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 75

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

DYERSBURG TENNESSEE TO 55 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF PINE BLUFF

ARKANSAS.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).



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 149...WW 150...



DISCUSSION...WELL ORGANIZED SQUALL LINE WILL CONTINUE EWD ACROSS

WATCH WHERE AIRMASS AND SHEAR REMAINS FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE

THUNDERSTORMS.  PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS.



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 450. MEAN STORM MOTION

VECTOR 26040.





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