Severe Thunderstorm Watch 2

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 2
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
430 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2009
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SMALL PART OF SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS
PARTS OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA
PARTS OF WESTERN MISSISSIPPI
EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 430 PM UNTIL
900 PM CST.
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 50
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 80 MILES NORTHEAST OF
MONROE LOUISIANA TO 35 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF NATCHEZ
MISSISSIPPI. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).
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.
DISCUSSION...AIRMASS HAS DESTABILIZED IN WAKE OF EARLIER CONVECTION
AND WITH STEEP LAPSE RATES AND 30-40KT OF SHEAR THUNDERSTORMS ARE
DEVELOPING WITH POTENTIAL FOR ROTATING UPDRAFTS. STRONG/SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP EWD ACROSS WATCH WITH PRIMARY THREAT
LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED WIND DAMAGE.
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 450. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 24025.
...HALES
ARKANSAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ASHLEY CHICOT
MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ADAMS CLAIBORNE FRANKLIN
ISSAQUENA JEFFERSON SHARKEY
WARREN WASHINGTON