Tornado Watch 132, Covering A Wider Area!

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 132
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
520 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHERN...CENTRAL...AND EASTERN ARKANSAS
FAR SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
FAR SOUTHWEST INDIANA
WESTERN KENTUCKY
THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL
FAR NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
WEST TENNESSEE
NORTHEAST TEXAS
EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 520
PM UNTIL 200 AM CDT.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF TYLER
TEXAS TO 50 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF FORT CAMPBELL KENTUCKY. FOR
A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).
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 130
. WATCH NUMBER 130 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER
520 PM CDT. CONTINUE...
WW 131
...
DISCUSSION...EXTENSIVE WSW/ENE-ORIENTED QLCS WITH EMBEDDED
SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY ALONG AND N
OF STALLING FRONT. EJECTION OF SW TX UPR SYSTEM WILL MAINTAIN
FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR ADDITIONAL SUPERCELLS GIVEN STRENGTH OF
BOTH LOW-LEVEL AND DEEP SHEAR. WHILE ANA NATURE OF FRONT WILL KEEP
SOME OF THE STORMS SLIGHTLY ELEVATED...INCREASINGLY RICH MOISTURE
INFLOW AND DEGREE OF NEAR-SFC DIRECTIONAL SHEAR SUGGEST CONTINUED
RISK FOR TORNADOES IN ADDITION TO LOCALLY DMGG WIND.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22040.
...CORFIDI
. ARKANSAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ARKANSAS BRADLEY CALHOUN
CLARK CLAY CLEBURNE
CLEVELAND COLUMBIA CONWAY
CRAIGHEAD CRITTENDEN CROSS
DALLAS DESHA DREW
FAULKNER GARLAND GRANT
GREENE HEMPSTEAD HOT SPRING
HOWARD INDEPENDENCE JACKSON
JEFFERSON LAFAYETTE LAWRENCE
LEE LINCOLN LITTLE RIVER
LONOKE MILLER MISSISSIPPI
MONROE MONTGOMERY NEVADA
OUACHITA PERRY PHILLIPS
PIKE POINSETT PRAIRIE
PULASKI RANDOLPH SALINE
SEVIER ST. FRANCIS WHITE
WOODRUFF
. MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
DESOTO TUNICA
. TENNESSEE COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
CARROLL CROCKETT DYER
FAYETTE GIBSON HAYWOOD
HENRY LAKE LAUDERDALE
MADISON OBION SHELBY
TIPTON WEAKLEY