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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 52

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

150 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS

  SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

  NORTHEAST TEXAS



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 150 PM UNTIL

  900 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SEVERAL TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  NUMEROUS LARGE HAIL EVENTS LIKELY WITH SEVERAL VERY LARGE HAIL

    EVENTS TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  NUMEROUS DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 100 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF DE

QUEEN ARKANSAS TO 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TEMPLE TEXAS.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



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 49...WW 50...WW 51...



DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORMING RAPIDLY ALONG A DRYLINE

EXTENDING FROM SOUTHEAST OK INTO CENTRAL TX.  STRONG INSTABILITY AND

SUFFICIENT EFFECTIVE SHEAR WILL PROMOTE SUPERCELL STORMS CAPABLE OF

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.  LOW LEVEL WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO

STRENGTHEN SOMEWHAT LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WHICH MAY

INCREASE THE RISK OF ISOLATED TORNADOES.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25030.





...HART

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