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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 26
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WW0026 Radar
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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   SEL6
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 26
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   700 PM CST FRI FEB 3 2012
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
          NORTHEAST TEXAS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 700 PM
   UNTIL 200 AM CST.
   
   HAIL TO 1.5 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 70
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF
   DE QUEEN ARKANSAS TO 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DALLAS TEXAS.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
   UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).
   
   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 25...
   
   DISCUSSION...BROKEN BAND OF TSTMS FROM DUA TO MWL HAS RECENTLY
   INTENSIFIED LIKELY DUE TO INCREASED LOW-LEVEL UPLIFT ASSOCIATED WITH
   THE ARRIVAL OF COLD FRONT FROM THE NW/W.  00Z FWD SOUNDING IS
   REPRESENTATIVE OF THE AMBIENT ENVIRONMENT...FEATURING A RATHER DEEP
   LOW-LEVEL MOIST LAYER AND STEEP MIDLEVEL LAPSE RATES WITH MLCAPE OF
   1000-1500 J/KG.  KINEMATIC ENVIRONMENT WILL CONTINUE TO FAVOR
   UPDRAFT ROTATION GIVEN 40-50 KT OF DEEP-LAYER SHEAR...AND A BRIEF
   TORNADO REMAINS POSSIBLE AS CONVECTIVE LINE INTERACTS WITH WARM
   FRONT PRESENT ACROSS SERN OK.  HOWEVER...GIVEN THE PREDOMINANT
   LINEAR CONVECTIVE MODE AND TENDENCY FOR THE LLJ TO WEAKEN THROUGH
   04/06Z ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...EXPECT SEVERE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND
   GUSTS TO BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS.
   
   AVIATION...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 25025.
   
   
   ...MEAD
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