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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 65

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1000 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS

  NORTHERN LOUISIANA

  WESTERN AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 1000

  PM UNTIL 500 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS...INCLUDING A FEW SUPERCELLS AND

OTHER LONG-LIVED STRUCTURES WITH A THREAT FOR OCCASIONAL TORNADOES

AND LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND...EXPECTED TO MOVE / DEVELOP GENERALLY

EAST-NORTHEAST ACROSS WATCH AREA THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 90 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF

GREENVILLE MISSISSIPPI TO 10 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF ALEXANDRIA

LOUISIANA.  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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 60...WW 63...WW 64...



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 24040.





...CORFIDI

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