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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 36
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Low

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   SEL6
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 36
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   220 PM CST MON FEB 18 2013
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          WESTERN ARKANSAS
          NORTHWEST LOUISIANA
          SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
          NORTHEAST TEXAS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 220 PM UNTIL 900
   PM CST.
   
   HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES 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 75
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTH OF
   RUSSELLVILLE ARKANSAS TO 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LONGVIEW TEXAS. 
   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.
   
   DISCUSSION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE INCREASING AHEAD OF AN
   APPROACHING COLD FRONT.  STEEP LAPSE RATES AND COLD TEMPERATURES
   ALOFT WILL PROMOTE A FEW INTENSE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON WITH A RISK
   OF HAIL.  CONVECTION WILL LIKELY BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AND
   ORGANIZED INTO A SQUALL LINE THIS EVENING WITH AN INCREASING RISK OF
   LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS ACROSS PARTS OF AR/LA.
   
   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
   KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 400. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 24035.
   
   
   ...HART
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