TORNADO WATCH ISSUED

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH #79...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 5:00 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

ARKANSAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

ASHLEY BRADLEY CALHOUN
CHICOT CLARK CLEVELAND
COLUMBIA DALLAS DESHA
DREW HEMPSTEAD HOWARD
LAFAYETTE LINCOLN LITTLE RIVER
MILLER NEVADA OUACHITA
PIKE SEVIER UNION

LOUISIANA PARISHES INCLUDED ARE

BIENVILLE BOSSIER CADDO
CALDWELL CATAHOULA CLAIBORNE
CONCORDIA DE SOTO EAST CARROLL
FRANKLIN GRANT JACKSON
LA SALLE LINCOLN MADISON
MOREHOUSE NATCHITOCHES OUACHITA
RED RIVER RICHLAND SABINE
TENSAS UNION WEBSTER
WEST CARROLL WINN

TEXAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

BOWIE CAMP CASS
FRANKLIN GREGG HARRISON
MARION MORRIS PANOLA
RED RIVER RUSK SHELBY
SMITH TITUS UPSHUR
WOOD

REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. WHILE SEVERE WEATHER MAY NOT BE INTERMIT...PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.



JACKSON