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Tornado Watch 35
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   SEL5
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 35
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1240 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
          SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1240 PM UNTIL
   800 PM CST.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 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 60 STATUTE
   MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES EAST OF WEST PLAINS
   MISSOURI TO 25 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF FAYETTEVILLE ARKANSAS. 
   FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).
   
   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 34...
   
   DISCUSSION...A STRONG MID LEVEL TROUGH OVER W TX WILL EJECT NEWD
   OVER N TX AND OK THROUGH THIS EVENING...WHILE AN ASSOCIATED SURFACE
   LOW DEVELOPS NEWD FROM SRN OK TO SRN MO ALONG A STATIONARY FRONT. 
   THE LOW LEVELS HAVE BEEN DESTABILIZING ACROSS NW AR/SRN MO IN THE
   WAKE OF MORNING CONVECTION...AND IT APPEARS THAT STORMS NOW FORMING
   NEAR THE FRONT WILL INTENSIFY AND SPREAD NEWD THROUGH THE AFTERNOON
   IN ADVANCE OF THE SURFACE LOW.  VERTICAL SHEAR WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR
   SUPERCELLS WITH TORNADOES...WHILE LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
   STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES ON THE NRN EDGE OF AN ELEVATED MIXED
   LAYER PLUME.  STORM INTERACTIONS/MERGERS COULD ALSO LEAD TO BOW ECHO
   FORMATION LATER THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING INVOF THE SURFACE
   FRONT...WITH AN ATTENDANT THREAT FOR DAMAGING WINDS.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
   WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
   450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24050.
   
   
   ...THOMPSON
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