URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 782

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
NORTHWEST LOUISIANA
SOUTHEAST TEXAS

THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING....
TEXAS COUNTIES: NEWTON, JASPER, HARDIN, TYLER...
LOUISIANA PARISHES: BEAUREGARD...

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 115 PM UNTIL
900 PM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF
TEXARKANA ARKANSAS TO 60 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HUNTSVILLE TEXAS.
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).

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.