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WWUS20 KWNS 091937

SEL1

SPC WW 091937

ARZ000-OKZ000-TXZ000-100300-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 151

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

240 PM CDT SAT MAY 9 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS

  FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

  NORTHEAST TEXAS



* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 240 PM UNTIL

  1000 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...BROKEN SQUALL LINE WITH EMBEDDED SUSTAINED

STORMS/SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO MOVE GENERALLY EAST INTO WATCH AREA

THROUGH MID-EVENING...WITH A RISK FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES...SEVERE

HAIL...AND LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 110 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF DE QUEEN

ARKANSAS TO 65 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TEXARKANA ARKANSAS.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).



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 149...WW 150...



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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 25030.





...CORFIDI

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031 

WWUS20 KWNS 091937

SEL1

SPC WW 091937

ARZ000-OKZ000-TXZ000-100300-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 151

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

240 PM CDT SAT MAY 9 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS

  FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

  NORTHEAST TEXAS



* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 240 PM UNTIL

  1000 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...BROKEN SQUALL LINE WITH EMBEDDED SUSTAINED

STORMS/SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO MOVE GENERALLY EAST INTO WATCH AREA

THROUGH MID-EVENING...WITH A RISK FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES...SEVERE

HAIL...AND LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 110 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF DE QUEEN

ARKANSAS TO 65 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TEXARKANA ARKANSAS.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).



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 149...WW 150...



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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 25030.





...CORFIDI

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