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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 573

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

955 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EXTREME SOUTHERN ARKANSAS

  MUCH OF LOUISIANA

  WESTERN MISSISSIPPI



* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 955 PM

  UNTIL 500 AM CST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...A LINE OF STRONG TO OCCASIONALLY SEVERE STORMS IN WESTERN

LOUISIANA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD OVERNIGHT IN ASSOCIATION

WITH A COLD FRONT.  A COUPLE OF TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH

STORMS WITHIN AND AHEAD OF THE LINE...WHILE A FEW DAMAGING GUSTS

WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH STORMS IN THE LINE.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF EL

DORADO ARKANSAS TO 65 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT POLK LOUISIANA.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO

WATCH NUMBER 572. WATCH NUMBER 572 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER

955 PM CST.



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 22045.





...THOMPSON

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