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   SEL9
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 9
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   245 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
          EASTERN OKLAHOMA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 245 PM UNTIL
   1000 PM CST.
   
   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 80 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES EAST OF DURANT
   OKLAHOMA TO 40 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF BARTLESVILLE OKLAHOMA. 
   FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).
   
   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 8...
   
   DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE SLOWLY INCREASING IN WARM ADVECTION
   REGIME ACROSS SOUTHEAST OK.  MEANWHILE...LINE OF SUPERCELLS IS
   INTENSIFYING OVER CENTRAL OK.  BOTH AREAS OF STORMS WILL SPREAD
   ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  LOW LEVEL WIND
   FIELDS ARE FORECAST TO STRENGTHEN AND BECOME QUITE FAVORABLE FOR
   SUPERCELLS AND TORNADOES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  DAMAGING WINDS
   AND LARGE HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.
   
   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
   450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23035.
   
   
   ...HART
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