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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 359

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

225 PM CDT FRI JUL 8 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTHEAST ARKANSAS

  WESTERN KENTUCKY

  SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

  NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

  WESTERN TENNESSEE



* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 225 PM UNTIL

  1000 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE INCREASING IN AREAL COVERAGE

AND INTENSITY OVER THE OZARK PLATEAU.  THIS ACTIVITY MAY EVOLVE INTO

SEVERAL CLUSTERS THAT WILL PROPAGATE SOUTHEAST TOWARD WESTERN

TENNESSEE THIS EVENING.  LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE

POSSIBLE.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES EAST

NORTHEAST OF JACKSON TENNESSEE TO 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF FLIPPIN

ARKANSAS.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).



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 355...WW 356...WW

357...WW 358...



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 28020.





...DARROW

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