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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 68

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1100 AM CDT THU MAR 31 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST ARKANSAS

  FAR WESTERN KENTUCKY

  THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL

  WESTERN TENNESSEE



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 1100 AM

  UNTIL 400 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...CLUSTERS OF SEVERE STORMS IN NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL

ARKANSAS WILL LIKELY PERSIST AND MOVE TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST THROUGH

THE AFTERNOON...AFFECTING THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...WESTERN

KENTUCKY...AND WESTERN TENNESSEE.  LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS

APPEAR TO BE THE MAIN THREATS THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES NORTH

NORTHEAST OF DYERSBURG TENNESSEE TO 35 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF

MEMPHIS TENNESSEE.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).



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 67...



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

TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

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

MOTION VECTOR 25040.





...THOMPSON

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