WATCHES: Tornado Watch Number 9

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 9
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
245 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
EASTERN OKLAHOMA

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 245 PM UNTIL
1000 PM CST.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES EAST OF DURANT
OKLAHOMA TO 40 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF BARTLESVILLE OKLAHOMA.
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).

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 8...

DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE SLOWLY INCREASING IN WARM ADVECTION
REGIME ACROSS SOUTHEAST OK. MEANWHILE...LINE OF SUPERCELLS IS
INTENSIFYING OVER CENTRAL OK. BOTH AREAS OF STORMS WILL SPREAD
ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LOW LEVEL WIND
FIELDS ARE FORECAST TO STRENGTHEN AND BECOME QUITE FAVORABLE FOR
SUPERCELLS AND TORNADOES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DAMAGING WINDS
AND LARGE HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

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
450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23035.

...HART

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