Tornado Watch 5

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 5
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
750 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
WESTERN AND NORTHERN ARKANSAS
WESTERN ILLINOIS
SOUTHWEST THROUGH EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 750 PM UNTIL
500 AM CST.
...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...
DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...
THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE
POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 100 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT
SMITH ARKANSAS TO 30 MILES NORTH OF ALTON ILLINOIS. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).
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...
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WW 2
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WW 3
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WW 4
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DISCUSSION...SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY
ALONG PREFRONTAL CONFLUENCE ZONE EXTENDING ROUGHLY ALONG THE I-44
CORRIDOR FROM NE OK INTO E CNTRL MO. APPROACH OF OK/TX PANHANDLE
UPR VORT AND ASSOCIATED STRENGTHENING LLJ...AND ABSENCE OF STRONG
LOW LEVEL LINEAR FORCING...SHOULD MAINTAIN FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR
DISCRETE TO SEMI-DISCRETE STORMS. GIVEN INTENSE DEEP SHEAR OVER
REGION AND SLIGHT BACKING OF NEAR-SFC FLOW ALONG CONFLUENCE
LINE...POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR TORNADOES...SOME POSSIBLY STRONG.
THE GREATEST THREAT SHOULD SPREAD SLOWLY ENE FROM NE OK AND SW/S
CNTRL MO THIS EVENING...AND REACH THE MO/IL BORDER AREA AFTER
MIDNIGHT/EARLY TUESDAY.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
400. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25045.
CORFIDI