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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 569

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1235 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  WEST-CENTRAL ARKANSAS

  SOUTH-CENTRAL INTO SOUTHEAST AND EAST-CENTRAL OKLAHOMA

  NORTH-CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST TEXAS



* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1235 PM

  UNTIL 800 PM CST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY INCREASE IN

COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT

PROGRESSING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION.  THE ENVIRONMENT AHEAD OF

THE FRONT IS FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF A FEW

TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING OUTFLOW WINDS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WACO

TEXAS TO 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT SMITH 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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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 22035.





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