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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 137

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

315 AM CDT MON MAY 2 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  PARTS OF SOUTHERN ARKANSAS

  MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA

  PARTS OF WESTERN MISSISSIPPI

  PORTIONS OF EASTERN AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS



* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING FROM 315 AM UNTIL 900 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...ISOLATED STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO

CONTINUE SPREADING EAST ACROSS THE WW AREA OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL

HOURS...WHERE LARGE HAIL AND AN ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUST OR TWO

CAN BE EXPECTED.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 90

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTH

NORTHEAST OF MONTICELLO ARKANSAS TO 65 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF

LUFKIN TEXAS.  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.



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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 500. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 25035.





...GOSS

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