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Tornado Watch 8
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   SEL8
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 8
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   835 AM CST TUE JAN 8 2008
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          MUCH OF EASTERN AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS
          PARTS OF WESTERN KENTUCKY
          PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
          PARTS OF NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI
          PARTS OF WESTERN TENNESSEE
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 835 AM UNTIL
   400 PM CST.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
   GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
   AREAS.
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 90 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF
   POPLAR BLUFF MISSOURI TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EL DORADO
   ARKANSAS.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).
   
   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.
   
   DISCUSSION...VERY POTENT SHEAR PROFILES IN PLACE FOR TORNADIC
   SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT AS STRONG S/WV TROUGH MOVES TOWARD AREA FROM
   SRN PLAINS.  CURRENT THUNDERSTORMS WESTERN AR EXPECTED TO INCREASE
   IN NUMBER AND INTENSITY ALONG WITH POTENTIAL FOR TORNADOS THRU THE
   AFTERNOON AS THEY DEVELOP EWD ACROSS MS RIVER VALLEY.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
   WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
   500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24045.
   
   
   ...HALES
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