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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 49

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

935 AM CDT THU APR 3 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  CENTRAL AND WESTERN ARKANSAS

  SOUTHERN MISSOURI



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 935 AM UNTIL

  500 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SEVERAL TORNADOES LIKELY WITH A FEW INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SEVERAL LARGE HAIL EVENTS WITH A FEW VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 3

    INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF

FORT LEONARD WOOD MISSOURI TO 35 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF HOT

SPRINGS ARKANSAS.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).



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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DISCUSSION...SCATTERED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING OUT OF

EASTERN OK INTO WESTERN AR.  THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY LATE THIS

MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON AS DAYTIME HEATING DESTABILIZES THE AIR

MASS.  FAVORABLE SHEAR PROFILES WILL PROMOTE SUPERCELL STRUCTURES

CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND A FEW TORNADOES.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25030.





...HART

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