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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 501

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1105 AM CST MON NOV 28 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EXTREME SOUTHERN ARKANSAS

  MUCH OF WESTERN AND NORTHERN LOUISIANA

  EXTREME EAST TEXAS



* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 1105 AM UNTIL

  500 PM CST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS WILL SLOWLY INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND

INTENSITY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WHILE SPREADING EASTWARD FROM TEXAS

INTO LOUISIANA.  THE STORM ENVIRONMENT WILL BECOME MORE FAVORABLE

FOR SUPERCELLS WITH THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE A FEW TORNADOES THIS

AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY WITH THE MORE ISOLATED NOW FORMING NEAR THE

SABINE RIVER.  ALSO...A LINE OF STORMS ACROSS NORTHEAST TEXAS AND

SOUTHERN ARKANSAS WILL LIKELY BECOME BETTER ORGANIZED THROUGH THE

AFTERNOON AND POSE A RISK FOR DAMAGING WINDS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55 STATUTE MILES

EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES NORTHEAST OF SHREVEPORT LA TO

45 MILES SOUTH OF FORT POLK LA. 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.



&&



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND

GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. MEAN

STORM MOTION VECTOR 24055.



...THOMPSON

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