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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 481

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

315 PM CDT Tue Sep 1 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Central and eastern Arkansas



* Effective this Tuesday afternoon and evening from 315 PM until

  700 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A couple tornadoes possible

  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible



SUMMARY...Long-lived supercell embedded within a cluster across

north-central Arkansas may continue east in northeast Arkansas,

while a supercell near/south of Little Rock may persist east across

east-central Arkansas.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 65 statute miles

east and west of a line from 5 miles east of Pine Bluff AR to 15

miles northwest of Jonesboro AR. 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 55 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean

storm motion vector 24030.



...Grams

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