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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 116

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

300 AM CDT Wed Apr 28 2021



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Extreme northwestern Arkansas

  Southern and eastern Oklahoma

  Northwest and north-central Texas



* Effective this Wednesday morning from 300 AM until 1000 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A couple tornadoes possible

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2.5

    inches in diameter possible

  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...A loosely organized band of thunderstorms, with

occasional, embedded supercells, will pose a threat for a few

tornadoes and severe gusts.  Large hail is most probable from the

Red River region southwestward.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 60 statute miles

east and west of a line from 20 miles east southeast of Abilene TX

to 35 miles west northwest of Fayetteville AR. For a complete

depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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 115...



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

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

gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean

storm motion vector 22030.



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