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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 442
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   335 PM CDT TUE JUN 6 2006
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
          NORTHWEST LOUISIANA
          SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
          NORTHEAST TEXAS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 335 PM UNTIL
   1000 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 55
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF
   DE QUEEN ARKANSAS TO 25 MILES SOUTH OF SHREVEPORT LOUISIANA.  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.
   
   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 441...
   
   DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY AND SPREAD SEWD
   THROUGH SERN OK...SWRN AR...NERN TX AND NWRN LA WITHIN ZONE OF
   ASCENT ASSOCIATED WITH SEWD MOVING MCV AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARY.
   MODERATE INSTABILITY AND NWLY 0-6 KM SHEAR PROFILES OF 35 TO 40 KT
   WILL SUPPORT POTENTIAL FOR ORGANIZED STORMS INCLUDING SUPERCELLS.
   LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND WILL BE THE MAIN 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 500. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 33035.
   
   
   ...DIAL/HALES