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Tornado Watch 211
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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 211
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   335 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2005
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTHERN ARKANSAS
          NORTHERN LOUISIANA
          NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI
          NORTHEAST CORNER OF TEXAS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 335 PM UNTIL 1100
   PM CDT.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
   TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65 STATUTE MILES
   NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TEXARKANA
   ARKANSAS TO 35 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF COLUMBUS MISSISSIPPI.  FOR
   A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
   UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).
   
   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 210...
   
   DISCUSSION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY AHEAD
   OF SURFACE LOW ALONG SWRN AR/OK BORDER AND THE COLD FRONT EXTENDING
   INTO NERN TX.  AIRMASS HAS BECOME MODERATELY UNSTABLE WITH CAP
   CONTINUING TO WEAKEN.  STRONG DEEP LAYER SHEAR IN PLACE ACROSS WARM
   SECTOR...THUS THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD RATHER QUICKLY BECOME SUPERCELLS
   WITH ASSOCIATED THREAT OF VERY LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES.  STORMS
   WILL DEVELOP E/NEWD ACROSS THE WATCH WITH ADDITIONAL INITIATION
   POSSIBLY OCCURRING ACROSS NRN MS THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF THE MAIN
   AREA OF EXPECTED STORM DEVELOPMENT TO THE W.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
   GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550.
   MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25040.
   
   
   ...HALES
   
   
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