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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 205

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

325 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       MUCH OF ARKANSAS

       NORTHERN LOUISIANA

       SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI

       EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

       NORTHEAST TEXAS



EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 325 PM UNTIL

1100 PM CDT.



...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...



DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...

THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE

POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTH OF WEST PLAINS

MISSOURI TO 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SHREVEPORT LOUISIANA.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



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 201...WW 202...WW

203...WW 204...



DISCUSSION...NUMEROUS STRONG/SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOW

AFFECTING PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST TX/SOUTHEAST OK INTO WESTERN AR.

FAVORABLE AND INTENSIFYING LOW LEVEL WIND FIELDS...COUPLED WITH A

RAPIDLY DESTABILIZING AIR MASS WILL SUPPORT A RISK OF TORNADOES

/SOME STRONG/ AS WELL AS VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THROUGH

MUCH OF THE EVENING.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25035.





...HART

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