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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 84

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

105 PM CDT MON APR 11 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHERN ARKANSAS

  NORTHERN AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA

  PARTS OF WESTERN MISSISSIPPI

  A SMALL PORTION OF FAR EAST TEXAS



* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 105 PM UNTIL

  700 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHERN ARKANSAS

AND INTO LOUISIANA AND VICINITY...WITH STORMS EXPECTED TO INCREASE

STEADILY IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE

STRONGEST STORMS...AS WELL AS THE POSSIBILITY OF A TORNADO.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 105

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES EAST

NORTHEAST OF MONTICELLO ARKANSAS TO 45 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF

ALEXANDRIA LOUISIANA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE

THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).



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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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 25035.





...GOSS

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