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Tornado Watch 94
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WW0094 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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   SEL4
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 94
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   830 PM CDT WED APR 10 2013
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          EASTERN ARKANSAS
          SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS
          SOUTHWEST INDIANA
          WESTERN KENTUCKY
          SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
          NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
          WEST TENNESSEE
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 830 PM
   UNTIL 300 AM CDT.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 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 80 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF
   SALEM ILLINOIS TO 55 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF OXFORD MISSISSIPPI. 
   FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).
   
   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 89...WW 90...WW 91...WW
   92...WW 93...
   
   DISCUSSION...SSW-NNE SQLN NOW EXTENDING FROM NEAR STL TO E OF PBF
   EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ENE AT ABOUT 25 KTS...WHILE STORMS WITHIN THE
   LINE MOVE NNE AT 45-50. AREA VWP DATA SHOW A BAND OF ENHANCED SSWLY
   850-700 MB FLOW...WITH SPEEDS AOA 60 KTS...DEVELOPING EWD AHEAD OF
   SQLN IN ASSOCIATION WITH UPR LVL JET STREAK NOW ENTERING WRN AR.
   AMPLE LOW-LVL MOISTURE IS IN PLACE TO SUPPORT A CONTINUED THREAT FOR
   DMGG WIND AND OCCASIONAL QLCS-TYPE TORNADOES FROM EMBEDDED SUSTAINED
   STORMS/SUPERCELLS/LEWPS. SVR POTENTIAL MAY BECOME MORE FOCUSED IN
   NRN THIRD OF THE WW LATER TNGT/ERY THU AS NRN PART OF SQLN INTERACTS
   WITH SFC FRONT EXPECTED TO REMAIN QSTNRY NEAR I-70 IN IL/SW IND.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
   WIND GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
   550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22045.
   
   
   ...CORFIDI
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