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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 64

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

900 PM CDT Sat Mar 27 2021



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Eastern Arkansas

  Northeast Louisiana

  Northern Mississippi

  Southwest Tennessee



* Effective this Saturday night and Sunday morning from 900 PM

  until 400 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes likely with a couple intense tornadoes possible

  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 90

    mph likely

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2

    inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Multiple supercells will likely evolve into a broader QLCS

overnight. Tornadoes and damaging winds will be the primary hazards.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 65 statute miles

east and west of a line from 10 miles east northeast of Jackson TN

to 50 miles south of Greenville MS. 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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 59...WW 60...WW 61...WW

62...WW 63...



AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail

surface and aloft to 2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 80 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean

storm motion vector 25045.



...Grams

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