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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 244 
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 
120 AM CDT MON MAY 5 2003

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 

       EASTERN ARKANSAS
       SOUTHWEST KENTUCKY
       SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
       NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI
       WEST TENNESSEE

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING FROM 120 AM UNTIL 700 AM CDT.

...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...

DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...
THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE
POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 95 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF PADUCAH KENTUCKY TO 45 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF OXFORD MISSISSIPPI.

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 239. WATCH NUMBER 239 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 120
AM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 240...WW 241...WW 242...WW 243...WW 244...


DISCUSSION...SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO PERSIST ACROSS WW AREA THIS
MORNING...WHERE VERY STRONG LOW LEVEL JET AND RICH MOISTURE INFLOW
WILL MAINTAIN THREAT FOR POSSIBLY STRONG TORNADOES.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24040.


...CORFIDI

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