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SEL5 URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Tornado Watch Number 125 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 450 PM CDT Sat Apr 5 2025 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Tornado Watch for portions of Southeast Arkansas Northeast Louisiana Central and Northern Mississippi Southwest Tennessee * Effective this Saturday afternoon from 450 PM until Midnight CDT. * Primary threats include... A few tornadoes and a couple intense tornadoes likely Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible SUMMARY...Thunderstorms will track northeastward across the watch area through the evening hours, as low-level wind profiles intensify in a very moist and unstable airmass. Tornadoes and locally damaging wind gusts are the primary threats. The tornado watch area is approximately along and 50 statute miles east and west of a line from 75 miles north northeast of Tupelo MS to 25 miles southeast of Monroe LA. 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 122...WW 123...WW 124... 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 24035. ...Hart