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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 71

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

635 PM CDT Sat Mar 28 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Far eastern Arkansas

  Far southwest Indiana

  Western Kentucky

  Missouri Boothell

  Northwest Mississippi

  Western Tennessee



* Effective this Saturday night and Sunday morning from 635 PM

  until 200 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes likely with a couple intense tornadoes possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely

  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Extensive clusters of thunderstorms will evolve

east-northeast tonight. Tornado risk through mid-evening will be

greatest across the Kentucky and Tennessee portions of the watch,

with an increasing risk towards late evening across Mississippi.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 60 statute miles

east and west of a line from 15 miles north of Evansville IN to 25

miles south of Greenville MS. 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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 67...WW 68...WW 69...WW

70...



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 22045.



...Grams

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