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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 283 
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 
735 AM CDT WED MAY 7 2003

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 

       NORTHERN AND WESTERN ALABAMA
       EASTERN MISSISSIPPI
       MIDDLE AND EASTERN TENNESSEE

EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 735 AM UNTIL
100 PM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 55 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 60 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF CROSSVILLE TENNESSEE TO
15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MERIDIAN MISSISSIPPI.

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 282...


DISCUSSION...MCS WITH EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE EWD
THIS MORNING AS STRONG LOW LEVEL MOISTURE INFLUX CONTINUES AHEAD OF
IT.  POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES INVOF SMALL SCALE
LEWPS IN NRN PART OF WW...AND WITH MORE CONVENTIONAL/LONG-LIVED
SUPERCELLS NOW IN NE LA/MS.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26035.


...CORFIDI

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