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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 563

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1045 AM CST SUN NOV 17 2013



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTHEAST ARKANSAS

  SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

  FAR SOUTHWEST INDIANA

  WESTERN KENTUCKY

  SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

  NORTHWEST TENNESSEE



* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1045 AM UNTIL

  700 PM CST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SEVERAL TORNADOES WITH A FEW INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SEVERAL LARGE HAIL EVENTS WITH A FEW VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2

    INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 90 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF CARBONDALE

ILLINOIS TO 20 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF DYERSBURG TENNESSEE.  FOR

A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 561...WW 562...



DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND

INTENSITY WHILE SPREADING EAST ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THIS AFTERNOON.

 A VERY STRONG WIND FIELD COUPLED WITH MODERATE AMOUNTS OF

INSTABILITY WILL PROMOTE SUPERCELL STORM MODES WITH A RISK FOR

TORNADOES /SOME POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT/...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING

WINDS.



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

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26040.





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