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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 212
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Low

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   SEL2
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 212
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   325 PM CDT WED APR 29 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          LARGE PART OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
          PARTS OF NORTHWEST LOUISIANA
          LARGE PART OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST TEXAS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 325 PM UNTIL
   1100 PM CDT.
   
   HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
   MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60
   STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST
   OF FORT WORTH TEXAS TO 50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HOT SPRINGS
   ARKANSAS.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).
   
   REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
   FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY
   DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.
   
   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REPLACES
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 209. WATCH NUMBER 209 WILL NOT
   BE IN EFFECT AFTER 325 PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 210...WW 211...
   
   DISCUSSION...OUTFLOW BOUNDARY JUST S OF RED RIVER WILL BE FOCUS FOR
   RENEWED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS GIVEN THE VERY MOIST/UNSTABLE WARM
   SECTOR ACROSS THE WATCH AREA.  IN ADDITION ONGOING SQUALL LINE NOW
   ENTERING SWRN AR WILL CONTINUE TO BE A WIND DAMAGE THREAT UNTIL THIS
   EVENING WITH BOUNDARY LAYER BEGINS TO STABILIZE. WRN PORTIONS OF
   SEVERE WATCH MAY NEED TO BE UPGRADED BY THIS EVENING IF THIS TORNADO
   THREAT CURRENTLY ACROSS NWRN TX DEVELOPS FURTHER E.
   
   AVIATION...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 26035.
   
   
   ...HALES
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