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Tornado Watch 905
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WW0905 Radar
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   SEL5
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 905
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   155 AM CDT SUN SEP 14 2008
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          EASTERN ARKANSAS
          CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN LOUISIANA
          THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL
          WESTERN MISSISSIPPI
          WESTERN TENNESSEE
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING FROM 155 AM UNTIL 1000 AM CDT.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 0.5 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
   GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
   AREAS.
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF
   FORT POLK LOUISIANA TO 35 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF DYERSBURG
   TENNESSEE.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).
   
   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.
   
   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO
   WATCH NUMBER 904. WATCH NUMBER 904 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER
   155 AM CDT. 
   
   DISCUSSION...LEADING EDGE OF STRONGER ASCENT ASSOCIATED WITH
   EJECTION OF T.D. IKE WILL IMPACT THE DELTA REGION OF AR/MS NWD INTO
   THE MO BOOTHEEL AND WRN TN THROUGH DAWN.  ALTHOUGH BUOYANCY WILL
   REMAIN LIMITED BY WARM MID LVL TEMPS...MAGNITUDE OF LOW LVL
   SPEED/DIRECTIONAL SHEAR AND RECENT UPTURN IN STRENGTH OF SHOWERS IN
   ERN AR SUGGEST POTENTIAL FOR ISOLD TORNADOES GIVEN MOIST
   ENVIRONMENT.  FARTHER S INTO CNTRL LA...ISOLD TORNADOES AND/OR ISOLD
   STORMS WITH LOCALLY DMGG WIND MAY OCCUR ALONG RESIDUAL AXIS OF LOW
   LVL CONVERGENCE...WHERE SLIGHTLY GREAT BUOYANCY BUT WEAKENING SHEAR
   WILL EXIST.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
   WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
   350. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 19040.
   
   
   ...CORFIDI
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