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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 33

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

615 PM CST THU FEB 26 2009



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       WESTERN AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS

       EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA



EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 615 PM

UNTIL 200 AM CST.



HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70

MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 95

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTH

SOUTHWEST OF DE QUEEN ARKANSAS TO 20 MILES NORTH OF FLIPPIN

ARKANSAS.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



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 32...



DISCUSSION...TSTMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FARTHER SW ALONG MERGING COLD

FRONTS/DRY LINE IN ERN OK/WRN AR THROUGH LATE EVE...WITH DEVELOPMENT

FOSTERED BY INCREASING UPR DIFLUENCE ASSOCIATED WITH APPROACHING SRN

KS JET STREAK.  A FEW SUPERCELLS WITH SVR HAIL...DMG WIND...AND

POSSIBLY AN ISOLD TORNADO APPEAR LIKELY AS ACTIVITY EVOLVES INTO

BROKEN BANDS.



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

TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

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

MOTION VECTOR 27040.





...CORFIDI

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