Tornado Watch 131

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 131
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1100 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SMALL PART OF SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS
PARTS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN LOUISIANA
LARGE PART OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS
COASTAL WATERS
EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1100 AM UNTIL 700
PM CDT.
...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...
DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...
THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE
POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 90 STATUTE
MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF
COLLEGE STATION TEXAS TO MONROE LOUISIANA. FOR A COMPLETE
DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).
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 130
...
DISCUSSION...AS STRONG UPPER SYSTEM APPROACHES SRN
TX...THUNDERSTORMS WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE IN NUMBER AND INTENSITY
AHEAD OF COLD FRONT NOW MOVING EWD ACROSS SRN TX. VERY STRONG DEEP
LAYER SHEAR PROFILES COUPLED WITH A DEEP MOIST MDTLY UNSTABLE AIR
MASS SUPPORTS TORNADIC SUPERCELLS. POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TORNADOS TO
OCCUR GIVEN THE STRENGTH OF THE WINDS FIELDS AND FAVORABLE
THERMODYNAMICS.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24040.
...HALES