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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 296

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

905 PM CDT Fri Jul 20 2018



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  central and southern Arkansas

  northeast Louisiana

  parts of western and central Mississippi



* Effective this Friday night and Saturday morning from 905 PM

  until 500 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2

    inches in diameter possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible



SUMMARY...Thunderstorms have initiated across central Arkansas, and

should continue to spread southeastward over the next several hours

-- possibly in multiple bands.  Hail and locally damaging winds can

be expected with stronger storms.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70

statute miles north and south of a line from 10 miles north

northwest of Hot Springs AR to 45 miles south southeast of Greenwood

MS. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch

outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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 293...WW 294...WW 295...



AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to

2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 55 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 600. Mean storm motion vector

30035.



...Goss

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