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SPC Tornado Watch 120

SPC Tornado Watch 120

[html]WW 120 TORNADO AR LA TX 131535Z - 132200Z
     
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 120
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1035 AM CDT Wed Apr 13 2022

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Tornado Watch for portions of
  Central and southern Arkansas
  Northwest Louisiana
  Northeast Texas

* Effective this Wednesday morning and afternoon from 1035 AM
  until 500 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  A few tornadoes likely with a couple intense tornadoes possible
  Widespread damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75
    mph likely
  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2.5
    inches in diameter likely

SUMMARY...A pre-frontal band of thunderstorms will likely intensify
through the afternoon while spreading eastward, with some additional
southward development possible by early afternoon near the
Texas/Louisiana border.  The storm environment favors a mix of
embedded bowing segments and supercell structures, while any later
southward development would tend to be supercells.  A few tornadoes,
a couple of which could be strong, damaging winds up to 75 mph, and
isolated very large hail will all be possible with the most intense
storms through mid-late afternoon.

The tornado watch area is approximately along and 80 statute miles
east and west of a line from 30 miles west northwest of Little Rock
AR to 65 miles west southwest of Natchitoches LA. For a co*plete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

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AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail
surface and aloft to 2.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind
gusts to 65 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean
storm motion vector 24040.

...Thompson


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Source: SPC Tornado Watch 120 (http://ht**://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0120.html)