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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 22
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WW0022 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Low Low

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   SEL2
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 22
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   500 PM CST WED FEB 1 2012
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 500 PM UNTIL
   1100 PM CST.
   
   HAIL TO 1 INCH 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 EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES SOUTH
   SOUTHEAST OF GREENWOOD MISSISSIPPI TO 50 MILES NORTH OF TUPELO
   MISSISSIPPI.  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 20...WW 21...
   
   DISCUSSION...BOWING MCS WITH A WELL-ORGANIZED COLD POOL IS EXPECTED
   TO CONTINUE EWD ACROSS NRN MS AT AROUND 40 KT.  UPSTREAM VAD DATA
   FROM LITTLE ROCK INDICATE 50 KT WLY FLOW AT 2 KM AGL WHICH MAY BE
   TRANSLATED TO THE SFC BY REAR-INFLOW JET DEVELOPING WITHIN TRAILING
   STRATIFORM REGION OF MCS.  DOWNSTREAM AIR MASS SHOULD REMAIN BUOYANT
   AND WEAKLY TO MODERATELY UNSTABLE FOR THE NEXT 1-3 HOURS...ALLOWING
   FOR THE CONTINUED THREAT FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND SOME HAIL THROUGH
   THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING.
   
   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS.
   A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION
   VECTOR 27040.
   
   
   ...MEAD
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