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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 35
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   SEL5
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 35
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   930 PM CST THU FEB 26 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          EASTERN ARKANSAS
          THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL
          NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
          WESTERN TENNESSEE
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 930 PM
   UNTIL 300 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 50
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES WEST
   SOUTHWEST OF MONTICELLO ARKANSAS TO 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF
   DYERSBURG TENNESSEE.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE
   THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).
   
   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 32...WW 33...WW 34...
   
   DISCUSSION...SCTD SUSTAINED STORMS/SUPERCELLS ALONG/AHEAD OF COLD
   FRONT IN CNTRL AR EXPECTED TO CONTINUE E TOWARD THE MS DELTA REGION
   AS FRONT AND ASSOCIATED 60 KT MID LVL JET STREAK CONTINUE EWD. 
   DESPITE WEAK DIURNAL STABILIZATION...PRESENCE OF ENHANCED SSWLY LOW
   LVL FLOW OVER ERN AR...AND ASSOCIATED MOIST AXIS...SUGGEST THAT A
   THREAT FOR ISOLD SVR HAIL...WIND...AND POSSIBLY A TORNADO WILL EXIST
   THROUGH EARLY FRI.
   
   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 450. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 27035.
   
   
   ...CORFIDI
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