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Tornado Watch 125
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WW0125 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Moderate
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Moderate

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   SEL5
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 125
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   720 PM CDT THU APR 9 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ARKANSAS
          SOUTHERN MISSOURI
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 720 PM
   UNTIL 200 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 70 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF
   SPRINGFIELD MISSOURI TO 30 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF PINE BLUFF
   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 123...
   
   DISCUSSION...BROKEN LINE OF SEVERE STORMS...WITH EMBEDDED
   SUPERCELLS...WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD EWD IN ADVANCE OF THE REMNANT
   DRYLINE/COLD FRONT AND AN ASSOCIATED MID LEVEL TROUGH MOVING EWD
   ACROSS OK.  THOUGH INSTABILITY DECREASES SOME WITH EWD
   EXTENT...INCREASINGLY STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND NEAR 60 F
   BOUNDARY LAYER DEWPOINTS SHOULD MAINTAIN MODERATE INSTABILITY ACROSS
   SRN MO AND AR WELL INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.  VERTICAL SHEAR WILL
   ALSO REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS WITH AN ATTENDANT THREAT FOR A
   FEW TORNADOES IN THE WARM SECTOR...AS WELL AS LARGE HAIL AND
   DAMAGING WINDS.  THE AREAL EXTENT OF THE THREAT WILL BE GOVERNED BY
   A STRONGER CAP NOTED OVER NE TX/NW LA...AND THE NWD PROGRESS OF THE
   WARM FRONT INTO SRN MO.
   
   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 24035.
   
   
   ...THOMPSON
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