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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 37

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

235 PM CDT FRI MAR 28 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS

  NORTHERN LOUISIANA

  NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

  SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

  NORTHEAST TEXAS



* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 235 PM UNTIL

  1000 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  NUMEROUS LARGE HAIL EVENTS LIKELY WITH A FEW VERY LARGE HAIL

    EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTHEAST

OF GREENVILLE MISSISSIPPI TO 65 MILES WEST OF TEXARKANA ARKANSAS.

 FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).



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 36...



DISCUSSION...ISOLATED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS ARE INCREASING OVER

SOUTH CENTRAL AR. THESE STORMS WILL TRACK EASTWARD TOWARD NORTHERN

MS THIS EVENING.  OTHER STORMS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP OVER

NORTHEAST TX AND SOUTHEAST OK...SPREADING ACROSS THE WATCH AREA AS

WELL.  INCREASINGLY MOIST AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WILL FAVOR THE

RISK OF WIDELY SCATTERED SEVERE STORMS CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL AND

DAMAGING WINDS.



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 25035.





...HART

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