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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 25

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

435 AM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Southwest Arkansas

  Extreme northwest Louisiana

  Southeast Oklahoma

  Northeast Texas



* Effective this Wednesday morning from 435 AM until 1000 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...A broken band of strong-severe storms will continue to

spread east-northeastward from the Dallas-Fort Worth area toward

Texarkana through the morning.  Damaging winds and large hail will

be the main threats, but the storm environment still suggests some

potential for embedded circulations with a tornado or two possible.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 75

statute miles east and west of a line from 55 miles northwest of De

Queen AR to 40 miles south of Tyler TX. 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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 23...WW 24...



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 500. Mean storm motion vector

24040.



...Thompson

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