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The National Weather Service forecast office in Paducah, Kentucky, predicts a major severe weather outbreak beginning early Monday evening and lasting until Tuesday. A tornado watch, now extended until 11 PM Monday, includes most of the Mississippi-Ohio River Valley area.
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