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URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 108
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
340 PM CDT MON APR 15 2013
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
PART OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
PARTS OF SOUTHERN AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA
PART OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS TEXAS
EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 340 PM UNTIL
1100 PM CDT.
TORNADOES…HAIL TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER…THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 70 MPH…AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF
FAYETTEVILLE ARKANSAS TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF MINERAL WELLS TEXAS.
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).
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.
DISCUSSION…SCATTERED INTENSE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED
WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS…NEAR A SURFACE FRONT AND DRYLINE
ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA INTO NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS…BEFORE SLOWLY
DEVELOPING NORTHEASTWARD THIS EVENING. LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS MAY BE THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREATS
INITIALLY…BUT…BY EARLY EVENING…THE RISK FOR TORNADOES PROBABLY
WILL INCREASE WITH STRONGEST STORMS.
AVIATION…TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25030.