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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 12
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Moderate

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   SEL2

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 12
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   1045 AM CST Sun Feb 28 2021

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     Southwest Arkansas
     Southeast Oklahoma
     Northeast Texas

   * Effective this Sunday morning and evening from 1045 AM until
     600 PM CST.

   * Primary threats include...
     Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2.5
       inches in diameter likely
     Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
     A tornado or two possible

   SUMMARY...Thunderstorms will continue to develop and intensify over
   parts of northeast Texas and southeast Oklahoma through the
   afternoon, posing a risk of large hail and damaging winds. Storms
   will spread into western Arkansas in a few hours.  An isolated
   tornado is also possible.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 65
   statute miles north and south of a line from 25 miles west of Dallas
   TX to 55 miles east of De Queen AR. For a complete depiction of the
   watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).

   PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

   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.

   &&

   AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
   2.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
   few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean storm motion vector
   25035.

   ...Hart
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