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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 71

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

145 PM CDT Thu May 3 2018



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Central and Northeast Arkansas



* Effective this Thursday afternoon and evening from 145 PM until

  600 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...A line of thunderstorms over western Arkansas will track

northeastward across the watch area this afternoon, posing a risk of

locally damaging wind gusts.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70

statute miles east and west of a line from 45 miles northwest of

Walnut Ridge AR to 40 miles south of Hot Springs AR. For a complete

depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 70...



AVIATION...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

24035.



...Hart

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