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Tornado Watch 47
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WW0047 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
High Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Moderate

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   SEL7

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Tornado Watch Number 47
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   525 PM CDT Thu Mar 14 2024

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Tornado Watch for portions of 
     Northeast Arkansas
     Southern Illinois
     Southwest Indiana
     Western Kentucky
     Southeast Missouri
     Northwest Tennessee

   * Effective this Thursday afternoon from 525 PM until Midnight
     CDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     A couple tornadoes possible
     Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts
       to 80 mph possible
     Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
       inches in diameter possible

   SUMMARY...A fast-moving line of thunderstorms over southern Missouri
   will track eastward through the late afternoon and evening, posing a
   risk of damaging winds gusts and hail.  A few tornadoes are also
   possible.

   The tornado watch area is approximately along and 60 statute miles
   north and south of a line from 15 miles north northwest of Walnut
   Ridge AR to 15 miles east southeast of Owensboro KY. For a complete
   depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
   (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).

   PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

   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 42...WW 43...WW 44...WW
   45...WW 46...

   AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail
   surface and aloft to 2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind
   gusts to 70 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean
   storm motion vector 26040.

   ...Hart
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