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WW0007 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood High Moderate
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
High Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Low

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   SEL7
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 7
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1100 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2012
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          NORTHWEST ALABAMA
          EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS
          NORTHEAST LOUISIANA
          CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI
          WESTERN AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 1100 PM UNTIL
   600 AM CST.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
   GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
   AREAS.
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 90 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF
   CLARKSVILLE TENNESSEE TO 50 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF JACKSON
   MISSISSIPPI.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).
   
   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 5. WATCH NUMBER 5 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 1100
   PM CST. CONTINUE...WW 6...
   
   DISCUSSION...PRE-FRONTAL SQUALL LINE WILL CONTINUE TO SURGE EWD
   OVERNIGHT FROM NW MS/WRN TN TO MIDDLE TN AND NW AL...WHILE
   ADDITIONAL STORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL/NE MS
   ALONG THE MOIST AXIS/CONFLUENCE BAND.  A VERY STRONG SHEAR
   ENVIRONMENT REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...WITH AN
   ATTENDANT RISK OF BOTH SUPERCELL AND QLCS TORNADOES WHERE
   SURFACE-BASED INSTABILITY EXISTS.  EVENTUALLY...THE NE EXTENT OF THE
   TORNADO/WIND DAMAGE THREAT WILL BECOME LIMITED BY THE RESIDUAL
   COOL/STABLE AIR MASS THAT HAS BEEN SLOW TO ERODE FROM NE AL/NW GA
   INTO ERN TN.
   
   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 24050.
   
   
   ...THOMPSON
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