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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 571

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

850 AM CST SUN DEC 27 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EXTREME SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS

  NORTHWEST LOUISIANA

  EAST TEXAS



* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 850 AM UNTIL

  400 PM CST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND

INTENSITY TODAY WHILE SPREADING NORTH ACROSS THE WATCH AREA.

CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF A FEW

TORNADOES...DAMAGING WINDS AND MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES WEST OF HOUSTON TEXAS

TO 20 MILES NORTH 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.



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AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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 500.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22040.





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