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Storm west of Clarksdale, MS already up to 51,000 feet.
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 98
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
250 PM CDT WED APR 2 2025
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
EASTERN AND SOUTH-CENTRAL ARKANSAS
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
SOUTHWEST INDIANA
WESTERN KENTUCKY
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI
WESTERN TENNESSEE
* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FROM 250 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT
CDT.
..THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SEVERAL TORNADOES AND A FEW INTENSE TORNADOES LIKELY
WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 80
MPH LIKELY
SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2
INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON INITIALLY
ACROSS THE ARKLAMISS AND MID-SOUTH, WITH THE OVERALL ENVIRONMENT
BECOMING INCREASINGLY FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON
INTO EARLY/MID-EVENING. SOME OF THESE TORNADOES MAY BE STRONG OR
INTENSE (EF3+), WITH WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS ALSO LIKELY ACROSS
THE REGION BY EVENING. THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION
WITH INTENSE STORMS EXPECTED OVER A RELATIVELY BROAD REGIONAL AREA,
WITH MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS.