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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 714

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

1135 AM CST Sat Dec 9 2023



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of 

  Southeast Arkansas

  Western and Central Kentucky

  Northern Mississippi

  Western and Middle Tennessee



* Effective this Saturday morning and evening from 1135 AM until

  700 PM CST.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes likely

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Strong to severe thunderstorms will continue to develop

and increase through early afternoon near an eastward-moving cold

front, with additional/more isolated development also possible ahead

of it later this afternoon. Increasingly low-level moisture and

strong shear will support the potential for severe storms including

a few tornadoes.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 85 statute miles

east and west of a line from 30 miles north of Bowling Green KY to 5

miles east southeast of Monticello AR. For a complete depiction of

the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS

WOU4).



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 450. Mean

storm motion vector 24040.



...Guyer