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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 41

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

100 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS

  SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA



* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 100 PM UNTIL

  700 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL LIKELY WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS

    TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEGINNING TO FORM OVER SOUTHEAST OK

ALONG A WARM FRONT.  THESE STORMS WILL POSE A RISK OF LARGE HAIL AND

ISOLATED TORNADOES THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE WATCH AREA.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 40 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF

MCALESTER OKLAHOMA TO 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF POTEAU OKLAHOMA.  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 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24030.





...HART

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