modifying log4j2.xml in a running tomcat - tomcat7

We have a WAR deployment in a tomcat 7 container which has its log4j2.xml file located under the deployment's WEB-INF/classes folder and, the logj42.xml file is configured with monitorInterval="30".
We want to modify the log4j2.xml to contain a new <Logger> node and we want to do this while the deployment is running (i.e. have the monitorInterval bit of log4j2 pick up the new Logger after 30secs).
When we modify the log4j2.xml file under webapps/{deployent-name}/WEB-INF/classes, no changes take place within the running deployment. We verify this by using jconsole to connect to the tomcat server and look at the org.apache.logging.log4j2 Loggers jmx beans within... but we don't see any new Loggers listed.
Is it possible to actually add a new Logger to a running deployment's log4j2 configuration? And if so, is it just a case of modifying the log4j2.xml file of the deployment under webapps\{deployment-name}\WEB-INF\classes? or would we have to modify the log4j2.xml file in the tomcats' temp\... file? or something else entirely?

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