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Tornado Watch 31
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WW0031 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Moderate
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
High Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Low

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   SEL1
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 31
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   700 AM CST SUN FEB 10 2013
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS
          WESTERN...CENTRAL...AND NORTHERN LOUISIANA
          EAST TEXAS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 700 AM UNTIL 200
   PM CST.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
   GUSTS TO 75 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
   AREAS.
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 105 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF
   MONROE LOUISIANA TO 55 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF LUFKIN TEXAS. 
   FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).
   
   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...CONTINUE...WW 29...WW 30...
   
   DISCUSSION...LOOSELY-ORGANIZED E TX SQLN LINE WITH EMBEDDED
   SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE GENERALLY ESEWD...WHILE STORMS
   WITHIN THE LINE MOVE MORE RAPIDLY NEWD ALONG IT. THE LOW-LVL WLY
   FLOW IN THE WAKE OF THE SQLN SHOULD CONTINUE TO SLOWLY WEAKEN.
   THIS...COUPLED WITH EXISTING STRENGTH OF DEEP SWLY SHEAR /AOA 60
   KTS/ AND THE CONTINUED NWD SPREAD OF RICH LOW-LVL MOISTURE INTO FAR
   E TX/LA... SUGGESTS THAT STORMS WITHIN THE LINE MAY REMAIN
   SEMI-DISCRETE...ENHANCING THE RISK FOR OCCASIONAL TORNADOES IN
   ADDITION TO DMGG WIND/MARGINALLY SVR HAIL. SOME RISK ALSO WILL EXIST
   FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FEW SUPERCELLS AHEAD OF THE SQLN LINE NEAR
   THE SABINE RVR EWD INTO CNTRL LA AS SFC HEATING FURTHER DESTABILIZES
   REGION/OVERCOMES EML CAP INVOF DIFFUSE WARM FRONT.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
   WIND GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
   400. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25040.
   
   
   ...CORFIDI
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