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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 14

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

550 PM CST Sun Feb 28 2021



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Southwest Arkansas

  Northwest Louisiana

  Northeast Texas



* Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 550 PM until

  1000 PM CST.



* Primary threats include...

  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Multiple discrete cells should persist along a cold front

that will shift southeast this evening, and may consolidate into a

cluster across the Arklatex region. Large hail and damaging winds

should be the primary threats.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50

statute miles north and south of a line from 15 miles east of El

Dorado AR to 35 miles southwest of Longview TX. 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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 12...WW 13...



AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to

1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 55 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector

23030.



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