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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 205

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

415 PM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EASTERN ARKANSAS

  WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS

  WESTERN KENTUCKY

  EASTERN MISSOURI

  NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI

  WESTERN TENNESSEE



* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 415 PM UNTIL

  1000 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...STRONG/LOCALLY SEVERE STORMS CONTINUE SPREADING

NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS ARKANSAS AND MISSOURI...AND NORTH-NORTHEAST

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI.  SEVERE RISK CONTINUES TO GRADUALLY INCREASE

ACROSS THE WATCH AREA AS STORMS APPROACH...WITH RISK FOR LOCALLY

DAMAGING WINDS AND A FEW TORNADOES LIKELY TO PERSIST THROUGH EARLY

EVENING.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF

ALTON ILLINOIS TO 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OXFORD MISSISSIPPI.  FOR

A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



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 202...WW 203...WW 204...



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND

GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 21035.





...GOSS

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SPC WW 242112

ARZ000-ILZ000-KYZ000-MOZ000-MSZ000-TNZ000-250300-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 205

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

415 PM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EASTERN ARKANSAS

  WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS

  WESTERN KENTUCKY

  EASTERN MISSOURI

  NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI

  WESTERN TENNESSEE



* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 415 PM UNTIL

  1000 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...STRONG/LOCALLY SEVERE STORMS CONTINUE SPREADING

NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS ARKANSAS AND MISSOURI...AND NORTH-NORTHEAST

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI.  SEVERE RISK CONTINUES TO GRADUALLY INCREASE

ACROSS THE WATCH AREA AS STORMS APPROACH...WITH RISK FOR LOCALLY

DAMAGING WINDS AND A FEW TORNADOES LIKELY TO PERSIST THROUGH EARLY

EVENING.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF

ALTON ILLINOIS TO 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OXFORD MISSISSIPPI.  FOR

A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



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 202...WW 203...WW 204...



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND

GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 21035.





...GOSS

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