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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 113

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1020 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  WESTERN ARKANSAS

  PARTS OF NORTHWEST LOUISIANA

  PORTIONS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA

  PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN TEXAS



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 1020 PM

  UNTIL 500 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2

    INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...A WELL-ORGANIZED BAND OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS

WILL CONTINUE MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND

NORTHERN/CENTRAL TEXAS OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...AND LATER WILL

REACH WESTERN PORTIONS OF ARKANSAS AND LOUISIANA.  LOCALLY DAMAGING

WINDS AND SOME HAIL WILL LIKELY OCCUR WITHIN PORTIONS OF THE WATCH

AREA.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTH OF

FAYETTEVILLE ARKANSAS TO 25 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF HUNTSVILLE

TEXAS.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED

WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 109...WW 111...WW 112...



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 500. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 27035.





...GOSS

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