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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 396
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Low Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Low

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   SEL6
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 396
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1155 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          CENTRAL ARKANSAS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 1155 PM
   UNTIL 700 AM CDT.
   
   HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 60
   MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF
   FLIPPIN ARKANSAS TO 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PINE BLUFF ARKANSAS. 
   FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).
   
   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 394...WW 395...
   
   DISCUSSION...SCTD SLIGHTLY ELEVATED STORMS WITH HAIL EXPECTED OVER
   PARTS OF AR OVERNIGHT AS MODEST BUT VERY MOIST WSWLY LLJ IS LIFTED
   ATOP OUTFLOW LEFT BY YESTERDAY'S MCS.  AMPLE DEEP SHEAR PRESENT
   ABOVE INVERSION TO SUPPORT SUSTAINED STORMS/POSSIBLE SUPERCELLS.
   
   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 50
   KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 29025.
   
   
   ...CORFIDI
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