URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 75
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
130 PM CDT FRI MAR 24 2023
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
NORTHWEST LOUISIANA
FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
EAST AND NORTHEAST TEXAS
* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 130 PM UNTIL
700 PM CDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE
SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2
INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY NEAR AND AHEAD OF A COLD
FRONT ACROSS THE ARKLATEX REGION, WITH ADDITIONAL AND SOMEWHAT MORE
ISOLATED STORMS POSSIBLE BY LATE AFTERNOON. OVERALL SEVERE POTENTIAL
INCLUDING TORNADO RISK IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE AS STORMS PROGRESS
EAST-NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING.