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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 302
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WW0302 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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   SEL2
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 302
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   100 AM CDT THU MAY 14 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST ARKANSAS
          SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
          SOUTHERN INDIANA
          WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
          SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
          WESTERN TENNESSEE
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING FROM 100 AM UNTIL 700 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 95
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
   HOT SPRINGS ARKANSAS TO 55 MILES NORTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE
   KENTUCKY.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).
   
   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 298...WW 299...WW
   300...WW 301...
   
   DISCUSSION...LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS FROM SOUTHERN IL
   INTO EASTERN OK.  THESE STORMS WILL MOVE SLOWLY SOUTHEASTWARD
   OVERNIGHT THROUGH A VERY MOIST/UNSTABLE AIRMASS.  BOW/LEWP
   STRUCTURES WILL REMAIN CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL FOR
   ANOTHER SEVERAL HOURS ACROSS THE WATCH AREA.
   
   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 30025.
   
   
   ...HART
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