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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 79

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

150 AM CDT MON APR 14 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS

  NORTHEAST LOUISIANA

  WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI



* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING FROM 150 AM UNTIL 800 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF

GREENWOOD MISSISSIPPI TO 20 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF MONROE

LOUISIANA.  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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 78...



DISCUSSION...AN ONGOING SQUALL LINE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SEWD FROM

AR INTO NW/W CENTRAL MS THIS MORNING WITH A CONTINUED RISK FOR

DAMAGING WINDS BEFORE THE LINE WEAKENS.  A SEPARATE BAND OF WARM

ADVECTION STORMS WILL SPREAD ENEWD FROM LA INTO CENTRAL MS THROUGH

THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.  GIVEN THE OBSERVED STRONG LOW-LEVEL SHEAR

AND SUFFICIENT MOISTENING FOR STORMS BASED NEAR THE GROUND...THERE

WILL BE A RISK FOR A TORNADO OR TWO WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS IN THE

SW PART OF THE CLUSTER.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND

GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25035.





...THOMPSON

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