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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 269
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   740 PM CDT SUN APR 30 2006
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT FROM 740 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT 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 50
   STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES WEST OF
   FAYETTEVILLE ARKANSAS TO 25 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF RUSSELLVILLE
   ARKANSAS.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).
   
   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 267...WW 268...
   
   DISCUSSION...SMALL BOW ECHO NOW TRACKING QUICKLY SEWD ACROSS NERN OK
   WILL MOVE INTO NWRN AR BY 02Z. SYSTEM IS BEING AIDED BY FAST MOVING
   SHORTWAVE TROUGH ROTATING ACROSS KS/NRN OK WHICH SHOULD SUSTAIN
   STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SEWD THROUGH THE MID TO LATE EVENING. 
   DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED LARGE HAIL ARE PRIMARY SEVERE THREATS.
   
   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 400. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 29040.
   
   
   ...EVANS