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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 155

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

230 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  WESTERN ARKANSAS

  SOUTHERN AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA

  PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 230 PM UNTIL

  900 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES AND A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL LIKELY WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS

    TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP NEAR THE I-35

CORRIDOR FROM SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA INTO NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS OVER

THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  LARGE HAIL WILL BE COMMON WITH THIS ACTIVITY

AND A FEW TORNADOES...POSSIBLY STRONG...ARE EXPECTED LATER THIS

AFTERNOON.  SUPERCELLS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD INTO SOUTHWESTERN

ARKANSAS THIS EVENING.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF

ARDMORE OKLAHOMA TO 55 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF DE QUEEN 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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 154...



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.





...DARROW

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