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Tornado Watch 127
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WW0127 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Moderate

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   SEL7
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 127
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1050 PM CDT THU APR 9 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          NORTHEAST ARKANSAS
          NORTHEAST LOUISIANA
          EXTREME SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
          NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
          WESTERN TENNESSEE
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 1050 PM
   UNTIL 500 AM CDT.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 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 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF
   DYERSBURG TENNESSEE TO 55 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF MONROE
   LOUISIANA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).
   
   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 125...WW 126...
   
   DISCUSSION...LINE OF SEVERE STORMS IN CENTRAL/NRN AR WILL LIKELY
   PERSIST AND SPREAD E OF THE MS RIVER OVERNIGHT...IN CONJUNCTION WITH
   THE EWD PROGRESS OF THE STRONG MID LEVEL TROUGH NOW MOVING OVER WRN
   AR.  FARTHER S...MORE DISCRETE STORMS HAVE BEEN THE PRIMARY
   CONVECTIVE MODE FROM CENTRAL/SRN AR INTO NRN LA.  THE ENVIRONMENT
   WILL STILL BE FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS OVERNIGHT AS LOW-LEVEL
   MOISTURE INCREASES SLOWLY AND STEEP LAPSE RATES WITH THE MID LEVEL
   TROUGH SPREAD EWD.  DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL SHOULD BE THE MOST
   COMMON THREATS...THOUGH AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO WILL STILL BE
   POSSIBLE GIVEN THE STRONG LOW-LEVEL SHEAR.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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.
   
   
   ...THOMPSON
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