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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 177
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
545 PM CDT TUE APR 28 2026
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
ARKANSAS
NORTHERN LOUISIANA
FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
NORTHEAST AND EAST-CENTRAL TEXAS
* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 545
PM UNTIL 100 AM CDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE
SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2
INCHES IN DIAMETER LIKELY
SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY
SUMMARY...ONGOING THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH TX, EASTERN OK AND FAR
NORTHWEST AR ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE SOUTHEASTWARD INTO THE MOIST
AND UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT THAT EXTENDS FROM NORTHEAST TX THROUGH
NORTHERN LA AND INTO MUCH OF AR. ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS WILL
SUPPORT SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF ALL HAZARDS, INCLUDING TORNADOES AND
VERY LARGE HAIL, THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE EVENING.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF FLIPPIN AR TO 75
MILES SOUTH OF LONGVIEW TX. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH
SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).
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 169...WW 170...WW
171...WW 172...WW 173...WW 174...WW 175...WW 176...
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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 27035.
...MOSIER
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