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Tornado Watch 207
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WW0207 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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   SEL7
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 207
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   300 PM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   
   * TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
     EASTERN ARKANSAS
     NORTHEASTERN LOUISIANA
     MISSOURI BOOTHEEL
     NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI
     WESTERN TENNESSEE
   
   * EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 300 PM UNTIL
     1000 PM CDT.
   
   * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
     SEVERAL TORNADOES POSSIBLE
     SEVERAL LARGE HAIL EVENTS WITH A FEW VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2
       INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
     SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 90 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF
   DYERSBURG TENNESSEE TO 35 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF GREENWOOD
   MISSISSIPPI.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).
   
   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...WW 205...WW 206...
   
   DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY CONTINUES TO SLOWLY INTENSIFY
   ALONG AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY ADVANCING TOWARD THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. 
   THE INTERSECTION OF THIS OUTFLOW BOUNDARY...WITH ANOTHER OUTFLOW
   BOUNDARY CURRENTLY STALLED/RETREATING NORTHWARD TOWARD THE
   MISSISSIPPI/TENNESSEE BORDER COULD PROVIDE THE FOCUS FOR ADDITIONAL
   DEVELOPMENT AND UPSCALE GROWTH DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  AN
   INCREASINGLY ORGANIZED SEVERE MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM APPEARS
   POSSIBLE BY EARLY EVENING...PERHAPS PRECEDED BY ISOLATED DISCRETE
   SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT.
   
   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.
   
   
   ...KERR
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