035 
ACUS11 KWNS 081234
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 081233 
ARZ000-081400-

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0843
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0733 AM CDT THU MAY 08 2003

AREAS AFFECTED...EXTREME E-CENTRAL OK...WRN AR

CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 298...

VALID 081233Z - 081400Z

OVERALL WEAKENING TREND NOTED WITH FORMERLY INTENSE SUPERCELL THAT
CROSSED OK/AR BORDER S FSM PAST HOUR.  CLUSTER OF SCATTERED TSTMS IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING ENEWD ACROSS PORTIONS W-CENTRAL AND
CENTRAL AR WITH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL AND STRONG-SEVERE GUSTS
FROM MOST VIGOROUS EMBEDDED CELLS.  MESOCYCLONIC/TORNADIC SPINUP
STILL NOT RULED OUT ITH THIS ACTIVITY...HOWEVER PROBABILITIES ARE
DECREASING WITH EWD EXTENT AS CONVECTION MOVES INTO RELATIVELY
WEAKER LOW LEVEL FLOW AND SR INFLOW.  SOME OF THIS CONVECTION MAY
UNDERGO BRIEF REINTENSIFICATION AS IT INTERACTS WITH WARM FRONT NOW
ANALYZED ACROSS OZARKS OF N-CENTRAL AR.  ATTM WE DO NOT ANTICIPATE
ADDITIONAL WW ISSUANCE BUT WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR. 
MEANWHILE...PRESENT WW CAN BE CLEARED FROM W TO E WITH PASSAGE OF
CONVECTION...GIVEN STRONG CINH GRADIENT EVIDENT IN AREA AND
INTERPOLATED BETWEEN FWD/LZK RAOBS.

..EDWARDS.. 05/08/2003

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

ATTN...WFO...LZK...TSA...

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