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Particularly Dangerous Situation (PDS) Tornado Watch 36
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WW0036 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood High High
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
High High
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Moderate

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   SEL6

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Tornado Watch Number 36
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   730 PM CDT Fri Mar 14 2025

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

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

   * Effective this Friday night and Saturday morning from 730 PM
     until 300 AM CDT.

   ...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...

   * Primary threats include...
     Several tornadoes and a few intense tornadoes likely
     Widespread damaging winds and scattered significant gusts to 80
       mph likely
     Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2.5
       inches in diameter likely

   SUMMARY...Severe thunderstorms are expected to develop across the
   watch area over the next several hours. Environmental conditions are
   very favorable for supercells capable of all severe hazards,
   including very large hail (i.e. greater than 2" in diameter) and
   strong (EF2+) tornadoes. If storms can remain discrete, potential
   exists for a few long-track tornadoes.

   The tornado watch area is approximately along and 75 statute miles
   east and west of a line from 40 miles west northwest of Evansville
   IN to 25 miles southwest of Oxford MS. For a complete depiction of
   the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS
   WOU6).

   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 31...WW 32...WW 33...WW
   34...WW 35...

   AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail
   surface and aloft to 2.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind
   gusts to 70 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean
   storm motion vector 24035.

   ...Mosier
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