Sunday, April 30, 2017

SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 178

WW 178 SEVERE TSTM AR LA TX 300315Z - 301100Z
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 178
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1015 PM CDT Sat Apr 29 2017

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Central and southern Arkansas
  Northwestern Louisiana
  Northeastern Texas

* Effective this Saturday night and Sunday morning from 1015 PM
  until 600 AM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...Bands and clusters of strong to occasionally severe storms
will continue to form and move to the north-northeast through the
overnight hours, along and ahead of a cold front moving eastward
from eastern Oklahoma and northeaster Texas.  Damaging winds and
large hail will be the main risks, though an isolated tornado or two
may occur with embedded circulations.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 65
statute miles east and west of a line from 60 miles east northeast
of Russellville AR to 70 miles west southwest of Natchitoches LA.
For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch
outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).

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.

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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 177...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
22035.

...Thompson

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