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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 119
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1235 PM CDT SAT APR 24 2004
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS
          LOUISIANA
          FAR SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1235 PM UNTIL
   700 PM CDT.
   
   HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
   MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 70 STATUTE MILES
   EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF EL DORADO
   ARKANSAS TO 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF INTRACOASTAL CITY LOUISIANA.
   
   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 1...
   
   DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE INCREASING ALONG LEADING EDGE OF OLD
   MCS OUTFLOW.  CONTINUED DESTABILIZATION WILL ENHANCE DAMAGING
   WIND/HAIL THREAT AS ACTIVITY SPREADS ACROSS REMAINDER OF LA INTO WRN
   MS.
   
   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 23025.
   
   
   ...DARROW/EVANS