Madison

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
southeast Arkansas
northeast Louisiana
central Mississippi

* effective this Tuesday night and Wednesday morning from 900 PM
until 200 am CDT.

* Primary threats include...
several damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
a few large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible

The Severe Thunderstorm Watch area is approximately along and 75
statute miles east and west of a line from 25 miles south
southeast of Fort Polk Louisiana to 40 miles east northeast of
Greenwood Mississippi. For a complete depiction of the watch see
the associated watch outline update (wous64 kwns wou9).

Precautionary/preparedness actions...

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 205... ww 206... ww
207... ww 208...

Discussion... SW-NE AR-la sqln expected to continue ewd ... with
embedded small bows and sustained storms in lewp crests posing a
risk for locally dmgg wind and perhaps a brief tornado or two
through late tngt.

Aviation... a few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft
to 1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots.
A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion
vector 26030.


... Corfidi