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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 135

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

500 PM CDT Wed Apr 22 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Northern and western Louisiana

  East Texas



* Effective this Wednesday afternoon from 500 PM until Midnight

  CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes likely with a couple intense tornadoes possible

  Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts

    to 75 mph possible

  Scattered large hail likely with isolated very large hail events

    to 2.5 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Multiple supercells and clusters will evolve east this

evening within an environment conducive to potentially intense

rotating storms.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 75 statute miles

north and south of a line from 40 miles north northwest of

Huntsville TX to 35 miles north northeast of Alexandria 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...This tornado watch replaces tornado

watch number 133. Watch number 133 will not be in effect after

500 PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 134...



AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail

surface and aloft to 2.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 65 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean

storm motion vector 25035.



...Grams

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