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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 752
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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 752
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   640 PM CDT FRI JUL 25 2008
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          NORTHEAST ARKANSAS
          EXTREME SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
          EXTREME WESTERN KENTUCKY
          SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
          EXTREME NORTHWEST TENNESSEE
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 640 PM
   UNTIL 200 AM 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 90
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTH
   NORTHEAST OF JEFFERSON CITY MISSOURI TO 25 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST
   OF DYERSBURG TENNESSEE.  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 749...WW 750...WW 751...
   
   DISCUSSION...EXPANDING CLUSTERS OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO
   CONTINUE TO POSE PRIMARILY A DAMAGING WIND THREAT THROUGH THIS
   EVENING. ACTIVITY  IS DEVELOPING WITHIN VERY UNSTABLE CONDITIONS AND
   ALONG RESIDUAL OUTFLOW REINFORCED FRONTAL ZONE DRAPED NW-SE ACROSS
   THE REGION. LARGE SCALE ASCENT MAY BE ENHANCED AS WEAK MCS TRACKS
   ACROSS NRN MO WHILE NARROW BELT OF 30-40KT NWLY MID LEVEL FLOW MAY
   AID STORM PERSISTENCE/INTENSITY. BULK OF ACTIVITY IS CURRENTLY
   EXHIBITING MULTICELLULAR CHARACTERISTICS WHERE STORM MERGERS IN
   HIGHLY UNSTABLE AIR SHOULD SUPPORT DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS. WITH
   TIME...THESE MERGERS MAY ALLOW A LARGER CLUSTER OF STORMS TO PERSIST
   AND SPREAD ESEWD INTO WRN KY/TN WITH WIND DAMAGE AND MARGINAL HAIL
   THREATS CONTINUING.
   
   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 29025.
   
   
   ...CARBIN
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