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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 108

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

340 PM CDT MON APR 15 2013



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       PART OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

       PARTS OF SOUTHERN AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA

       PART OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS TEXAS



EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 340 PM UNTIL

1100 PM CDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND

GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE

AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF

FAYETTEVILLE ARKANSAS TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF MINERAL WELLS TEXAS.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).



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.



DISCUSSION...SCATTERED INTENSE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED

WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...NEAR A SURFACE FRONT AND DRYLINE

ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA INTO NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...BEFORE SLOWLY

DEVELOPING NORTHEASTWARD THIS EVENING.  LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY

DAMAGING WIND GUSTS MAY BE THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREATS

INITIALLY...BUT...BY EARLY EVENING...THE RISK FOR TORNADOES PROBABLY

WILL INCREASE WITH STRONGEST STORMS.



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

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25030.





...KERR

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