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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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