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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 105

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

550 AM CDT Sun Apr 12 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Extreme south central Arkansas

  Northwestern and north central Louisiana

  East central Texas



* Effective this Sunday morning from 550 AM until NOON CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes likely with a couple intense tornadoes possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely

  Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...An increasingly organized storm cluster with embedded

larger-scale circulation will likely persist through the morning

while spreading east-northeastward into east central Texas and

northwestern Louisiana.  The storm environment will support embedded

supercells and bowing segments capable of producing tornadoes and

damaging winds as it warms and moistens quickly at the surface from

Texas into Louisiana immediately in advance of the storms.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 55 statute miles

north and south of a line from 50 miles northwest of College Station

TX to 70 miles northeast of Natchitoches LA. 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 104...



AVIATION...Tornadoes and 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 25035.



...Thompson

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