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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 572

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

240 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHERN ARKANSAS

  WESTERN AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA

  EASTERN TEXAS



* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 240 PM UNTIL

  1000 PM CST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE OVER

THE WATCH AREA THIS AFTERNOON INTO EVENING AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT

ACCELERATING FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE REGION.  THE ENVIRONMENT

WILL REMAIN SUPPORTIVE OF SUPERCELLS AND BOWING STRUCTURES CAPABLE

OF A FEW TORNADOES AND DAMAGING OUTFLOW WINDS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF

MONTICELLO ARKANSAS TO 45 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF FORT POLK

LOUISIANA.  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 571...



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND

GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22040.





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