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SPC WW 051805
ARZ000-MOZ000-052100-
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 254
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
105 PM CDT MON MAY 5 2003
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST ARKANSAS
MISSOURI BOOTHEEL
EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON FROM 105 PM UNTIL 400 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 40 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF FORT SMITH
ARKANSAS TO 40 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF JONESBORO ARKANSAS.
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 250...WW 251...WW 252...WW
253...
DISCUSSION...GIVEN THE VERY UNSTABLE AND WEAKLY CAPPED AIR MASS OVER
CENTRAL AR...AND INCREASED LARGE SCALE ASCENT...SUPERCELLS SHOULD
DEVELOP IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS OVER WW. ACTIVITY WILL HAVE THE
POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE VERY LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES...SOME OF WHICH
COULD BE QUITE STRONG INTO THIS 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 25035.
...EVANS
354,0942 361,0895 350,0895 343,0942