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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 127

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1245 PM CDT MON APR 2 2012



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTHERN ARKANSAS

       NORTHERN LOUISIANA

       SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

       NORTHEAST TEXAS



EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1245 PM UNTIL

700 PM CDT.



HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70

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



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES WEST

SOUTHWEST OF PARIS TEXAS TO 50 MILES EAST OF EL DORADO ARKANSAS.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).



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 126...



DISCUSSION...WELL-ORGANIZED MCS CONTINUES MOVING NWD ACROSS NERN TX

AND NWRN LA...WITH SOME NEW STORM DEVELOPMENT NOW OCCURRING ON THE

WRN FRINGE OF THE BOWING LINE IN NERN TX.  GIVEN THE DEGREE OF

OBSERVED CONVECTIVE ORGANIZATION COMBINED WITH ADDITIONAL AIRMASS

HEATING/DESTABILIZATION AHEAD OF THE CONVECTION WITH TIME...EXPECT

THE STORMS TO CONTINUE PROGRESSING NWD THIS AFTERNOON -- ALONG WITH

ACCOMPANYING THREAT FOR LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL.



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

TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

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

MOTION VECTOR 18035.





...GOSS

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