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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 387

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

705 PM CDT THU JUL 14 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS

  NORTHEASTERN LOUISIANA

  NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 705 PM

  UNTIL 100 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...A COMPLEX OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH A HISTORY OF

MULTIPLE DAMAGING-WIND REPORTS IN ARKANSAS SHOULD MAINTAIN AT SOME

SEVERE-WIND POTENTIAL IN A FAIRLY WIDE SWATH INTO NORTHEASTERN

LOUISIANA...ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND INTO PARTS OF

MISSISSIPPI...BEFORE IT ENCOUNTERS MORE STABLE AIR AND WEAKENS.

OTHER STORMS IN CENTRAL TO EASTERN MISSISSIPPI ALSO MAY PRODUCE

ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 90

STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES WEST NORTHWEST

OF GREENVILLE MISSISSIPPI TO 75 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF JACKSON

MISSISSIPPI.  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 384...WW 385...WW 386...



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

TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS.

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

VECTOR 29035.





...EDWARDS

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