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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 223
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WW0223 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Low

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   SEL3
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 223
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   340 PM CDT FRI MAY 1 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          NORTHERN ARKANSAS
          SOUTHERN PARTS OF MISSOURI BOOTHEEL
          WESTERN TENNESSEE
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 340 PM UNTIL
   1000 PM CDT.
   
   HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
   MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50
   STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST
   OF FAYETTEVILLE ARKANSAS TO 40 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF JACKSON
   TENNESSEE.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).
   
   REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
   FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY
   DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.
   
   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 221...WW 222...
   
   DISCUSSION...EAST-WEST AXIS OF INCREASING INSTABILITY AND LIFT
   ASSOCIATED WITH SLOWLY SWD ADVANCING FRONT AND WWD MOVING MCV SHOULD
   CONTRIBUTE TO SOME INCREASE IN TSTMS FROM NRN AR EWD ACROSS THE MS
   RIVER THROUGH THE EVENING. WHILE DEEP-LAYER SHEAR ACROSS THE REGION
   IS CURRENTLY MARGINAL FOR GREATER STORM ORGANIZATION...THERE APPEARS
   TO BE A BELT OF FASTER MID LEVEL FLOW MOVING EWD ASSOCIATED WITH THE
   MCV NOW OVER THE OZARKS. THIS...ALONG WITH MAXIMUM IN DIURNAL
   DESTABILIZATION...SHOULD PROMOTE STORM ORGANIZATION AND
   INTENSIFICATION INTO THE EVENING. ANOTHER MCS MAY BE THE RESULT WITH
   WIND/HAIL THREAT PERSISTING ACROSS MS RIVER INTO LATE TONIGHT.
   
   AVIATION...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 450. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 27025.
   
   
   ...CARBIN
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