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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 385

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

305 PM CDT THU JUL 14 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS

  EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

  EXTREME NORTHEAST TEXAS



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 305 PM UNTIL

  900 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...A WELL-DEVELOPED THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX IN WEST CENTRAL

ARKANSAS AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA WILL CONTINUE TO SURGE SOUTHEASTWARD

THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON/EVENING.  DAMAGING GUSTS WILL

BE POSSIBLE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS...AS WELL AS ISOLATED LARGE HAIL.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF

RUSSELLVILLE ARKANSAS TO 20 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF TEXARKANA

ARKANSAS.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE

FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY

DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 382...WW 383...WW 384...



AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT

TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 32035.





...THOMPSON

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