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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 128

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

955 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHERN ARKANSAS

  NORTHWEST LOUISIANA

  SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

  NORTHEAST TEXAS



* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 955 PM

  UNTIL 500 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH

OF NORTHEAST TX...NORTHWEST LA...AND MUCH OF AR.  A FEW OF THESE

STORMS WILL OCCASIONALLY SHOW SUFFICIENT ORGANIZATION OVERNIGHT TO

POSE A RISK OF LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL.  AN

ISOLATED TORNADO WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGER CELLS.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 110

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

SOUTHWEST OF LUFKIN TEXAS TO 35 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF

TEXARKANA ARKANSAS.  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 124...WW 125...WW

126...WW 127...



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 24030.





...HART

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