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Tornado Watch 92
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WW0092 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Moderate

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   SEL2
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 92
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   545 PM CDT WED APR 10 2013
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS
          NORTHEAST LOUISIANA
          WESTERN MISSISSIPPI
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 545
   PM UNTIL 100 AM CDT.
   
   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 EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NATCHEZ
   MISSISSIPPI TO 35 MILES NORTH OF GREENVILLE MISSISSIPPI.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
   UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).
   
   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 88...WW 89...WW 90...WW
   91...
   
   DISCUSSION...TSTMS ARE FORMING ATTM IN NE LA AND SW MS...ALONG LINE
   OF CONFLUENCE AHEAD OF SW AR/NW LA COLD FRONT. REGION APPEARS TO
   BEING GLANCED BY ASCENT WITH JET STREAK/AREA OF UPR DIFFLUENCE
   ROUNDING SE QUADRANT OF SRN PLNS UPR TROUGH. RICH LOW-LVL MOISTURE
   AND STRENGTH OF LOW TO MID-LVL FLOW PER AREA VWP DATA SUGGEST
   POTENTIAL FOR SUPERCELLS WITH SVR HAIL..HIGH WIND...AND POSSIBLY A
   COUPLE TORNADOES.
   
   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
   500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 21035.
   
   
   ...CORFIDI
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