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WWUS20 KWNS 130453

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SPC WW 130453

ARZ000-131200-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 396

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1155 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 2009



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       CENTRAL ARKANSAS



EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 1155 PM

UNTIL 700 AM CDT.



HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 60

MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF

FLIPPIN ARKANSAS TO 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PINE BLUFF ARKANSAS.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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 394...WW 395...



DISCUSSION...SCTD SLIGHTLY ELEVATED STORMS WITH HAIL EXPECTED OVER

PARTS OF AR OVERNIGHT AS MODEST BUT VERY MOIST WSWLY LLJ IS LIFTED

ATOP OUTFLOW LEFT BY YESTERDAY'S MCS.  AMPLE DEEP SHEAR PRESENT

ABOVE INVERSION TO SUPPORT SUSTAINED STORMS/POSSIBLE SUPERCELLS.



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

TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 50

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 29025.





...CORFIDI

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