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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 22

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

200 AM CDT Thu Mar 14 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  southwest Arkansas

  northwest Louisiana

  northeast Texas



* Effective this Thursday morning from 200 AM until 700 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...A line of severe thunderstorms will move east across the

watch area this morning posing a risk for damaging gusts and

isolated large hail.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70

statute miles east and west of a line from 15 miles north of

Texarkana AR to 25 miles west southwest of Lufkin TX. 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.



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AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to

1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector

27035.



...Bunting

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