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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 548

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

310 PM CST TUE NOV 17 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTHEAST ARKANSAS

  NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

  EXTREME SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 310 PM UNTIL

  900 PM CST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...A SQUALL LINE PRESENT OVER CENTRAL ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON

WILL PROGRESS EAST ACROSS THE WATCH AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND

THIS EVENING.  WHILE DAMAGING STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS WILL BE THE

PRIMARY HAZARD...A COUPLE OF TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 85 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF

MEMPHIS TENNESSEE TO 45 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF MEMPHIS

TENNESSEE.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).



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 545...WW 546...WW 547...



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

400. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 21045.





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