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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 48
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   550 AM CST THU MAR 9 2006
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTHERN ARKANSAS
          LOUISIANA
          FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
          EASTERN TEXAS
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 550 AM UNTIL
   100 PM CST.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
   TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 125 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF
   PORT ARTHUR TEXAS TO 15 MILES NORTH OF EL DORADO ARKANSAS.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
   UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).
   
   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.
   
   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 44...WW 45...WW 46...WW
   47...
   
   DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE INCREASING ALONG ADVANCING COLD FRONT
   OVER EASTERN TX.  SUPERCELLS SHOULD EMERGE AND MATURE OVER THE NEXT
   FEW HOURS AS VERY STRONG...90-100 KT...MID LEVEL SPEED MAX EJECTS
   ACROSS REGION. WITH TIME...DAMAGING SQUALL LINE WITH TORNADOES AND
   STRONG WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
   GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.
   MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26040.
   
   
   ...DARROW/EVANS