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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 157

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

720 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHWEST THROUGH NORTHEAST ARKANSAS

  NORTHWEST LOUISIANA

  THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL

  SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

  NORTHEAST TEXAS



* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 720 PM

  UNTIL 200 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES LIKELY WITH A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL LIKELY WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS

    TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...SUPERCELLS NOW NEAR THE RED RIVER ALONG THE OK-TX BORDER

EXPECTED TO CONTINUE GENERALLY E OR ENE THROUGH LATER TONIGHT...WITH

AN ATTENDANT THREAT FOR TORNADOS...ONE OR TWO OF WHICH COULD BE

STRONG...AND LARGE HAIL. ADDITIONAL STORMS MAY FORM IN NE TX / NW LA

/ SW AR AHEAD OF THE SUPERCELLS.  THESE MAY THEMSELVES EVOLVE INTO

SUPERCELLS WITH A RISK FOR TORNADOS E / NE ACROSS NRN LA / SRN AR.

FINALLY...SOME INTENSIFICATION OF THE LINE OF STORMS IN N CENTRAL AR

MAY OCCUR THIS EVENING...WITH EMBEDDED SUSTAINED STORMS / SUPERCELLS

POSING A RISK FOR DAMAGING WIND...HAIL...AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF

LONGVIEW TEXAS TO 25 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF WALNUT RIDGE

ARKANSAS.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).



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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 154...WW 155...WW 156...



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 24035.





...CORFIDI

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