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Tornado Watch 4
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Moderate
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Very Low Very Low

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   SEL4
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 4
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1130 PM CST SAT JAN 12 2013
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTHERN AND EASTERN ARKANSAS
          NORTHERN LOUISIANA
          NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI
          SMALL PART OF EAST TEXAS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 1130 PM
   UNTIL 600 AM CST.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
   TO 75 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF
   NATCHITOCHES LOUISIANA TO 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF OXFORD
   MISSISSIPPI.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).
   
   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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO
   WATCH NUMBER 3. WATCH NUMBER 3 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 1130
   PM CST. 
   
   DISCUSSION...BAND OF NEAR-FRONTAL CONVECTION BECOMING BETTER
   ORGANIZED ACROSS THIS REGION...WHILE IMPINGING UPON WARM-SECTOR
   CAPE-SHEAR PARAMETER SPACE THAT WILL REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR SVR
   THROUGH MOST OF PRE-DAWN HOURS.  REF MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 21 FOR
   MORE INITIAL DETAILS.  DAMAGING GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO
   THREAT DOES EXIST WITH ANY QLCS MESOVORTICES OR EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
   GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450.
   MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23040.
   
   
   ...EDWARDS
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