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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 224
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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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   SEL4
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 224
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   955 PM CDT FRI MAY 1 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          CENTRAL ARKANSAS
          SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 955 PM
   UNTIL 400 AM 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 45 MILES SOUTHEAST
   OF BATESVILLE ARKANSAS TO 20 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF MCALESTER
   OKLAHOMA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).
   
   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 222...WW 223...
   
   DISCUSSION...CLUSTER OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO TRACK
   SOUTHWARD ACROSS CENTRAL AR...AND MAY PERSIST FOR A FEW MORE HOURS. 
   OTHER CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN VICINITY OF THE SURFACE
   FRONT EXTENDING FROM CENTRAL AR INTO SOUTHEAST OK OVERNIGHT.  THESE
   STORMS WILL ALSO POSE A THREAT OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS
   THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT.
   
   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 500. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 26025.
   
   
   ...HART
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