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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 195
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
740 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
  WESTERN AND NORTHERN ARKANSAS
  A SMALL PART OF WESTERN ILLINOIS
  SOUTHERN ANF CENTRAL MISSOURI
  EASTERN AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA

* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 740 PM
  UNTIL 300 AM CDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
  SEVERAL TORNADOES WITH A FEW INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
  NUMEROUS DAMAGING WIND GUSTS EXPECTED WITH SEVERAL SIGNIFICANT
    GUSTS TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE
  NUMEROUS LARGE HAIL EVENTS LIKELY WITH A FEW VERY LARGE HAIL
    EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 95 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF
VICHY MISSOURI TO 45 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF DE QUEEN ARKANSAS.
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).

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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 190...WW 191...WW
192...WW 193...WW 194...

DISCUSSION...LOOSELY-CONNECTED BAND OF SUPERCELLS EXTENDING FROM THE
RED RVR VLY NEWD INTO SW MO EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY FURTHER
CONSOLIDATE AS THE BAND CONTINUES EWD AT A MODERATE PACE. AREA
SOUNDING AND VWP DATA SUGGEST THAT SEMI-DISCRETE OR EMBEDDED
SUPERCELL STRUCTURES LIKELY WILL PERSIST THROUGH LATE EVE...POSING A
CONTINUED RISK FOR LARGE HAIL...DMGG WIND...AND TORNADOES. A FEW
BOWING SEGMENTS MAY EVOLVE THAT PRODUCE MORE CONCENTRATED SWATHS OF
STRONG WINDS...ESPECIALLY IN SE OK AND NW AR/SRN MO.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25035.


...CORFIDI