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WWUS20 KWNS 182015
SEL5
SPC WW 182015
ARZ000-190100-
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 625
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
320 PM CDT SAT OCT 18 2025
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS
* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 320 PM UNTIL
800 PM CDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...A FEW SUPERCELLS WILL SPREAD NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE WATCH
AREA, JUST TO THE EAST OF AN EASTWARD-MOVING LINE OF STORMS. A
COUPLE OF TORNADOES, DAMAGING GUSTS OF 60-70 MPH AND ISOLATED LARGE
HAIL UP T 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER WILL ALL BE POSSIBLE.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 35 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF LITTLE ROCK
AR TO 75 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PINE BLUFF AR. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION
OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS
WOU5).
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 623...WW 624...
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN
STORM MOTION VECTOR 24030.
...THOMPSON
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