649 
ACUS11 KWNS 050918
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 050918 
KYZ000-TNZ000-ALZ000-MSZ000-ILZ000-MOZ000-ARZ000-051015-

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0754
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0418 AM CDT MON MAY 05 2003

AREAS AFFECTED...NERN AR / SERN MO / WRN AND MIDDLE TN / NRN MS /
NRN AL...

CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 242...244...

VALID 050918Z - 051015Z

SEVERE / TORNADO THREAT CONTINUES ACROSS THE AREA.

OVERALL THREAT APPEARS TO BE DIMINISHING ACCORDING TO LATEST RADAR
IMAGERY.  HOWEVER...UNSTABLE AIRMASS AND STRONG DEEP-LAYER WIND
FIELD REMAINS OVER THIS REGION...SUGGESTING THE SEVERE POTENTIAL
WILL PERSIST FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  ALL THREE OF THESE WATCHES --
242...243...AND 244 -- WILL BE REPLACED BY 05/10Z WITH A NEW TORNADO
WATCH FROM NERN AR / SERN MO EWD INTO NRN MS / NRN AL / MIDDLE TN. 
LITTLE OR NO NEW STORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED WEST OF ONGOING NERN
AR STORMS AS SHORT-WAVE RIDGING EVIDENT IN WV IMAGERY AS FAR E AS
SERN OK WILL CONTINUE MOVING EWD INTO AR.  


..GOSS.. 05/05/2003

...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...

ATTN...WFO...LMK...OHX...HUN...PAH...MEG...LZK...SGF...

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