Severe Thunderstorm Watch 415

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 415
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1145 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2008
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
ARKANSAS
EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1145 AM UNTIL 600
PM CDT.
HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85
STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST
OF HOT SPRINGS ARKANSAS TO 30 MILES EAST OF FLIPPIN ARKANSAS.
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).
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.
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...
WW 414
...
DISCUSSION...LARGE MCS AND ASSOCIATED SEVERE THREAT WILL TRACK SEWD
ACROSS MUCH OF AR THIS AFTERNOON. WIND DAMAGE/TREES DOWN WILL BE
LIKELY AS LEADING GUST FRONT PUSHES SYSTEM TOWARDS THE MS RIVER
VALLEY...ALTHOUGH ISOLATED LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO
EXPECTED.
AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 29035.
...EVANS