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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 247 
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 
425 AM CDT MON MAY 5 2003

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

       NORTHERN ALABAMA
       EASTERN ARKANSAS
       THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL
       NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI
       WEST AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING FROM 425 AM UNTIL 1100 AM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 55 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 160 STATUTE MILES EAST AND
WEST OF A LINE FROM 80 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF NASHVILLE TENNESSEE
TO 65 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MEMPHIS TENNESSEE.

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... WATCH NUMBER WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT
AFTER 425 AM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 245...WW 246...


DISCUSSION...ISOLATED SUPERCELLS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR TORNADOES
EXPECTED TO PERSIST ACROSS WATCH AREA...WHERE STRONG WARM/MOIST
WSWLY LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL CONTINUE IN WEAKLY CONVERGENT ENVIRONMENT.
 LARGE SCALE ASCENT ACROSS REGION MAY BE SOMEWHAT ENHANCED BY SRN
FRINGE OF SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVING EWD AROUND BASE OF IA UPPER LOW
/PER WV IMAGERY...PROFILER AND VWP DATA/. 

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26045.


...CORFIDI

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