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Tornado Watch 205
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WW0205 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Moderate
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
High Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Moderate

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   SEL5
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 205
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   150 PM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   
   * TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
     SOUTHERN ARKANSAS
     NORTHERN LOUISIANA
     SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     NORTHEAST TEXAS
   
   * EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 150 PM UNTIL
     1000 PM CDT.
   
   * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
     SEVERAL TORNADOES WITH A FEW INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
     NUMEROUS DAMAGING WIND GUSTS LIKELY WITH A FEW SIGNIFICANT GUSTS
       TO 80 MPH POSSIBLE
     SEVERAL LARGE HAIL EVENTS WITH A FEW VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2
       INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 95 STATUTE
   MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF
   LONGVIEW TEXAS TO 50 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF EL DORADO ARKANSAS. 
   FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).
   
   PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
   
   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 201...WW 202...WW
   203...WW 204...
   
   DISCUSSION...RAPID INTENSIFICATION OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY APPEARS
   LIKELY ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF
   HOURS...WITH CONVECTION CONSOLIDATING AND GROWING UPSCALE INTO A
   SEVERE MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM.  SHORTLY THEREAFTER...DAMAGING
   WIND POTENTIAL IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE...WITH AN EASTWARD
   ACCELERATION INTO THE ARKLATEX BY EARLY EVENING. 
   MEANWHILE...DECREASING INHIBITION WITHIN A MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER
   AHEAD OF THE DEVELOPING CONVECTIVE SYSTEM MAY ALLOW DISCRETE
   SUPERCELLS TO FORM IN THE PRESENCE OF STRONG SHEAR...WHICH WILL ALSO
   BE ACCOMPANIED BY THE RISK FOR TORNADOES AND LARGE HAIL.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
   WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
   500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27040.
   
   
   ...KERR
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