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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 422

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

405 PM CST Mon Nov 5 2018



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Extreme southeastern Arkansas

  Northern Louisiana

  West central Mississippi

  Extreme east central Texas



* Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 405 PM until

  1100 PM CST.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes likely with a couple intense tornadoes possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely

  Scattered large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Warm sector showers/thunderstorms will gradually

strengthen from east Texas into northern Louisiana as the low levels

continue to warm and moisten.  The storm environment will become

more favorable for supercells with tornadoes through the evening,

when a strong tornado or two will be possible.  Some eventual

upscale growth into clusters and line segments is possible tonight,

with an increasing threat for damaging winds as the storms spread

into Mississippi.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 70 statute miles

east and west of a line from 15 miles south southwest of

Natchitoches LA to 30 miles northeast of Greenville MS. 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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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 450. Mean

storm motion vector 24040.



...Thompson

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