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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 89

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

725 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS

       SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

       NORTHEAST TEXAS



EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 725 PM UNTIL

200 AM CDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 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 55 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF DE

QUEEN ARKANSAS TO 40 MILES SOUTH OF TEMPLE TEXAS.  FOR A COMPLETE

DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).



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 85...WW 86...WW 87...WW

88...



DISCUSSION...A LINE OF INTENSE STORMS IS MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS

CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL TX...WHILE A FEW ISOLATED CELLS FORM AHEAD

OF THE LINE ACROSS NORTHEAST TX.  THIS REGION IS NEAR THE AXIS OF A

STRONG LOW LEVEL JET...AND AREA WHERE LARGE SCALE LIFT SHOULD

INCREASE THROUGH THE EVENING.  THESE FACTORS SUGGEST AN INCREASING

RISK OF LOCALLY SEVERE STORMS INCLUDING ISOLATED TORNADOES.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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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