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Tornado Watch 250
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WW0250 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Moderate
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Moderate

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   SEL0
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 250
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1255 AM CDT WED MAY 6 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTHERN ARKANSAS
          NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI
          MCCURTAIN COUNTY OKLAHOMA
          NORTHEAST TEXAS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 1255 AM UNTIL 600 AM CDT.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 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 40 STATUTE
   MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF
   DE QUEEN ARKANSAS TO 35 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF TUPELO
   MISSISSIPPI.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).
   
   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 248...WW 249...
   
   DISCUSSION...DISCRETE SUPERCELLS ARE PERSISTING AHEAD OF MAIN MCS
   EVOLVING OVER AR EARLY THIS MORNING.  SHEAR REMAINS VERY STRONG AND
   WITH INCREASING SURFACE PRESSURE FALLS INTO SRN AR/NRN MS...SURFACE
   WARM FRONT SHOULD LIFT NWD OVERNIGHT.  THIS WILL INCREASE THE
   POTENTIAL FOR A FEW TORNADOES WITHIN SRN 1/3 OF SVR TSTM WATCH
   249...PRIOR TO MAIN POSSIBLY LINEAR MCS PASSAGE LATER THIS MORNING.
   
   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 28035.
   
   
   ...EVANS
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