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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 38

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1240 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS

  WESTERN LOUISIANA

  FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

  PARTS OF EAST TEXAS

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1240 PM UNTIL

  600 PM CST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO SPREAD

EASTWARD/NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS EAST TEXAS AND ADJACENT AREAS...AND

WILL PERSIST/STRENGTHEN GRADUALLY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.  THE

STRONGEST STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO POSE A RISK FOR LOCALLY DAMAGING

WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES...ALONG WITH SOME POTENTIAL FOR

MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTH OF TEXARKANA

ARKANSAS TO 50 MILES WEST OF PORT ARTHUR TEXAS.  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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 37...



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23040.





...GOSS

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