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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 532
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Very Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Low Very Low

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   SEL2
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 532
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   245 PM CDT SUN JUN 28 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSISSIPPI
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 245 PM UNTIL 900
   PM CDT.
   
   HAIL TO 1 INCH 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 EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES WEST
   NORTHWEST OF COLUMBUS MISSISSIPPI TO 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
   MERIDIAN MISSISSIPPI.  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 530...WW 531...
   
   DISCUSSION...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED ALONG THE FRONT
   IN NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND IS EXPECTED TO TRACK SOUTH-SOUTHEASTWARD
   THROUGH PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSISSIPPI INTO THE EARLY
   EVENING HOURS. DESPITE ONLY AROUND 20 KT OF DEEP LAYER SHEAR...THE
   DEVELOPMENT OF AN ORGANIZED OUTFLOW BOUNDARY COMBINED WITH
   TEMPERATURES IN THE MID/UPPER 90S AND MLCAPES NEAR 3000 J/KG ARE
   FAVORABLE FOR WET MICROBURSTS AND WIND DAMAGE.
   
   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS.
   A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM MOTION
   VECTOR 34020.
   
   
   ...IMY
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