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Tornado Watch 97
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Moderate
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
High Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Low

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   SEL7

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Tornado Watch Number 97
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   845 AM CDT Wed Apr 2 2025

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Tornado Watch for portions of 
     Northern and Central Arkansas
     Southern Illinois
     Southern and Eastern Missouri

   * Effective this Wednesday morning and afternoon from 845 AM
     until 400 PM CDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     A few tornadoes likely with a couple intense tornadoes possible
     Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
     Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

   SUMMARY...Broken clusters of storms and some embedded/semi-discrete
   supercells will spread east-northeastward across the region through
   early/mid-afternoon, with an increasing tornado risk aside from
   widespread damaging winds and hail.

   The tornado watch area is approximately along and 60 statute miles
   east and west of a line from 50 miles north northwest of Alton IL to
   30 miles west southwest of Hot Springs AR. For a complete depiction
   of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS
   WOU7).

   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 94...WW 95...WW 96...

   AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail
   surface and aloft to 1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind
   gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean
   storm motion vector 25040.

   ...Guyer
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