Tornado Watch 9

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 9
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
130 PM CST TUE JAN 8 2008
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
PARTS OF EASTERN ARKANSAS
PARTS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
PARTS OF SOUTHERN INDIANA
WESTERN AND PARTS OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY
PARTS OF NORTHEASTERN LOUISIANA
SMALL PART OF SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI
MUCH OF NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI
WESTERN AND PARTS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE
EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 130 PM UNTIL
900 PM CST.
TORNADOES...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 75 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF
LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY TO 50 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF GREENVILLE
MISSISSIPPI. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).
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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 8
. WATCH NUMBER 8 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 130 PM
CST.
DISCUSSION...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS
CONTINUES EWD FROM BOOTHEEL TO SERN AR. SHEAR PROFILES REMAIN VERY
STRONG AND WITH AIR MASS CONTINUING TO DESTABILIZE...TORNADO
POTENTIAL EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AND POSSIBLY INCREASE INTO THE
EVENING AS ACTIVITY CONTINUES EWD.
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
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24045.
..HALES
. ARKANSAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ARKANSAS ASHLEY BRADLEY
CHICOT CRITTENDEN DESHA
DREW LEE LINCOLN
MISSISSIPPI MONROE PHILLIPS
ST. FRANCIS
MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ALCORN BENTON BOLIVAR
CALHOUN CARROLL CHICKASAW
COAHOMA DESOTO GRENADA
HOLMES HUMPHREYS ISSAQUENA
ITAWAMBA LAFAYETTE LEE
LEFLORE MARSHALL MONROE
MONTGOMERY PANOLA PONTOTOC
PRENTISS QUITMAN SHARKEY
SUNFLOWER TALLAHATCHIE TATE
TIPPAH TISHOMINGO TUNICA
UNION WASHINGTON WEBSTER
YALOBUSHA YAZOO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 9 IN EFFECT
UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
IN ARKANSAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 2 COUNTIES
IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS
ASHLEY CHICOT
IN LOUISIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 3 PARISHES
IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA
EAST CARROLL MOREHOUSE WEST CARROLL
IN MISSISSIPPI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 13 COUNTIES
IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
HOLMES HUMPHREYS YAZOO
IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
CARROLL GRENADA LEFLORE
MONTGOMERY WEBSTER
IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
BOLIVAR SUNFLOWER WASHINGTON
IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
ISSAQUENA SHARKEY
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ANGUILLA...BASTROP...BELZONI...
CARROLLTON...CLEVELAND...CROSSETT..DERMOTT...DURANT...EPPS...
EUDORA...EUPORA...GOODMAN...GREENVILLE..GREENWOOD...GRENADA...
HAMBURG...INDIANOLA...ISOLA...LAKE PROVIDENCE...LAKE VILLAGE...
LEXINGTON...MABEN...MATHISTON...MAYERSVILLE...NORTH CARROLLTON...
NORTH CROSSETT...OAK GROVE...PICKENS...ROLLING FORK...RULEVILLE...
TCHULA...VAIDEN...WEST CROSSETT...WINONA AND YAZOO CITY.