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TWS TORNADO WATCH 004
TWS TORNADO FORECAST CENTER
TheWeatherSpace.com
3:00 PM EST SUN JAN 22, 2012

THE TWS TORNADO FORECAST CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF ...

SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI ...
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS ...
SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA ...
WESTERN KENTUCKY ...
WEST-CENTRAL TENNESSEE ...

EFFECTIVE NOW THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT ...

DISCUSSION ... STORMS WILL FIRE IN EASTERN ARKANSAS WITHIN TWS ENHANCED TORNADO WATCH 001 (VIEWED HERE). THESE STORMS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AND EASTWARD ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AREA AND AS THEY DO SO THE VIOLENT TORNADO RISK WILL DIMINISH, THUS THIS IS NOT AN ENHANCED TORNADO WATCH.

HOWEVER, JUST BECAUSE IT IS NOT THE HIGHEST VIOLENT RISK TORNADO WATCH HERE AT TWS DOES NOT MEAN IT WILL NOT BE A DANGEROUS SITUATION. STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF TORNADOES OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND THIS IS WHAT MAKES IT A DANGEROUS EVENT ... A NIGHT EVENT ... WITH DAMAGING WINDS AS WELL AND THOSE COULD ALSO BE DANGEROUS.

DO NOT FEEL I NEED TO EXTEND THIS WATCH TO EASTERN TENNESSEE AT THIS TIME AS STORMS WILL WEAKEN BELOW A TORNADO RISK BEFORE REACHING THAT END OF THE STATE.