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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 52

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

1000 AM CDT Sat Apr 13 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Far southwest Arkansas

  Northern Louisiana

  Eastern Texas



* Effective this Saturday morning and afternoon from 1000 AM

  until 300 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2.5

    inches in diameter likely

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Discrete cells and clusters should evolve north-northeast,

generally north of a warm front. Primary hazard through early

afternoon is large hail.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60

statute miles either side of a line from 25 miles west northwest of

College Station TX to 35 miles southeast of El Dorado AR. 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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 50...WW 51...



AVIATION...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 550. Mean storm motion vector

20040.



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