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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 132

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

400 PM CDT SAT APR 30 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  WEST CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS

  EXTREME WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  SOUTH CENTRAL TO EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI



* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 400 PM UNTIL

  900 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS...WITH

THE RISK FOR LARGE HAIL IN THE STRONGEST STORMS.  THE SEVERE WEATHER

RISK SHOULD DIMINISH NEAR SUNSET.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 40

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF

ALTON ILLINOIS TO 30 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF RUSSELLVILLE

ARKANSAS.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 131...



AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT

TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 50

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 25025.





...THOMPSON

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