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WWUS54 KJAN 170135
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
835 PM CDT THU MAY 16 2013

ARC003-LAC067-170200-
/O.CON.KJAN.SV.W.0210.000000T0000Z-130517T0200Z/
ASHLEY AR-MOREHOUSE LA-
835 PM CDT THU MAY 16 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ASHLEY COUNTY...AND NORTHWESTERN MOREHOUSE PARISH...

AT 834 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF WEST CROSSETT MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WEST CROSSETT BY 850 PM CDT...
  CROSSETT AND NORTH CROSSETT BY 900 PM CDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WINDS OF 60 MPH CAN BRING DOWN TREES...POSSIBLY RESULTING IN INJURY
AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. ROOFS OF MOBILE HOMES AND OUTBUILDINGS COULD BE
DAMAGED...AND MINOR ROOF DAMAGE TO WELL BUILT HOMES AND STRUCTURES
COULD OCCUR.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES. WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT
QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS
A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING AND SOME LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE
A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND NORTHWESTERN
MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3322 9211 3321 9209 3323 9210 3328 9203
      3331 9197 3289 9183 3288 9209 3301 9208
      3303 9212 3306 9212 3308 9214 3315 9211
      3316 9214 3319 9214
TIME...MOT...LOC 0134Z 257DEG 20KT 3305 9212

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