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000 WWUS20 KWNS 051517 SEL2 SPC WW 051520 ARZ000-LAZ000-OKZ000-TXZ000-052100- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 252 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1020 AM CDT MON MAY 5 2003 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ARKANSAS FAR NORTHERN LOUISIANA EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA NORTHEAST TEXAS EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 1020 AM 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 70 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF PINE BLUFF ARKANSAS TO 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PARIS TEXAS. 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 249...WW 250...WW 251... DISCUSSION...VIGOROUS CONVECTION NOW JUST EAST OF DAL WILL CONTINUE INCREASING AND WILL LIKELY BEGIN TAPPING EXTREMELY UNSTABLE BOUNDARY LAYER IN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. VWP/S AND PROFILER DATA INDICATE CONDITIONS ARE VERY FAVORABLE FOR TORNADIC SUPERCELLS...ONCE SURFACE-BASED PARCELS ARE TAPPED...WITH DEVELOPMENT SPREADING/MOVING ENEWD ACROSS SRN AR/FAR NRN LA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. ANY RESULTANT TORNADO WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME QUITE STRONG. 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 26030. ...EVANS 325,0910 320,0960 341,0960 345,0910