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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 104

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1035 PM CDT SUN APR 27 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  CENTRAL ARKANSAS



* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 1035 PM

  UNTIL 600 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2

    INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES SOUTH OF FORT SMITH

ARKANSAS TO 55 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF PINE BLUFF ARKANSAS.  FOR

A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).



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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 100...WW 102...WW 103...



DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE OK/AR BORDER WILL SPREAD

EASTWARD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA OVERNIGHT.  THE MAIN UPPER SYSTEM

WILL OVERSPREAD THIS REGION DURING THE OVERNIGHT

PERIOD...MAINTAINING THE RISK OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND A

FEW TORNADOES.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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 24035.





...HART

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