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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 9

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1220 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EASTERN ARKANSAS

  SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

  WESTERN KENTUCKY

  SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

  NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI

  WESTERN TENNESSEE



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1220 PM UNTIL

  700 PM CST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO EVOLVE

ACROSS THE AREA OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  STORMS CAPABLE OF DAMAGING

WINDS AND A FEW TORNADOES CAN BE EXPECTED.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF

OWENSBORO KENTUCKY TO 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREENWOOD

MISSISSIPPI.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).



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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AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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 400.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22045.





...GOSS

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