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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 52
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WW0052 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
High Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
High Moderate

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   SEL2
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 52
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   130 PM CDT MON MAR 18 2013
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA
          EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS
          NORTHWEST GEORGIA
          EXTREME NORTHEAST LOUISIANA
          CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
          SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 130 PM UNTIL 900
   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 50
   STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES SOUTHWEST
   OF GREENVILLE MISSISSIPPI TO 20 MILES EAST OF ROME GEORGIA.  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...CONTINUE...WW 51...
   
   DISCUSSION...AN INTENSIFYING BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS FROM
   SOUTHEAST AR...ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL MS...INTO NORTHWEST AL.  THESE
   STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN AND SPREAD ACROSS THE
   WATCH AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  MODERATE INSTABILITY...COOL
   TEMPERATURES ALOFT...AND FAVORABLE DEEP LAYER EFFECTIVE SHEAR
   PROFILES WILL PROMOTE ROTATING CELLS AND BOWING STRUCTURES CAPABLE
   OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.  AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE
   RULED OUT AS WELL.
   
   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 450. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 27040.
   
   
   ...HART
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