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ARZ000-KSZ000-MOZ000-OKZ000-050000-
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 232
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1235 PM CDT SUN MAY 4 2003
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
SOUTHEAST KANSAS
SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
CENTRAL AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA
EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1235 PM UNTIL 700
PM CDT.
...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...
DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...
THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE
POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 85 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHANUTE KANSAS TO 10 MILES
SOUTH OF MCALESTER OKLAHOMA.
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...CONTINUE...WW 231...
DISCUSSION...DRY LINE WILL LIKELY INITIATE RAPID SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS FROM SERN KS INTO ERN OK. THE
AIR MASS HAS DESTABILIZED CONSIDERABLY WITH MLCAPES NOW IN EXCESS OF
2500 J/KG JUST EAST OF THE DRY LINE. AS STRONG PRESSURE FALLS AND
CLEARING OF STRATUS CLOUDS SPREADS EAST...THIS INSTABILITY AXIS WILL
SHIFT EWD INTO MORE OF ERN OK AND SWRN MO/WRN AR DURING THE MID
AFTERNOON. VERY STRONG DEEP LAYER SHEAR WILL SUPPORT DISCRETE
SUPERCELLS... WITH LOW LCL HEIGHTS AND SUFFICIENT LOW LEVEL SHEAR
FOR A FEW STRONG TORNADOES INTO THE EARLY EVENING.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25045.
...EVANS
380,0932 344,0941 344,0971 380,0963