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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 125

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

135 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS

  NORTHWEST LOUISIANA

  EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

  NORTHEAST TEXAS



* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 135 PM UNTIL

  1000 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS ARE ONGOING IN MULTIPLE BANDS FROM NORTHEAST

TEXAS INTO NORTHERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS.  THESE STORMS

SHOULD STRENGTHEN THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.  EMBEDDED ROTATING STORMS WILL ALSO

BE POSSIBLE...WITH AN ATTENDANT RISK FOR A FEW TORNADOES THIS

AFTERNOON.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 70 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF

DE QUEEN ARKANSAS TO 45 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF EL DORADO

ARKANSAS.  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 124...



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24030.





...THOMPSON

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