Tornado Watch 249

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 249
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
845 AM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHERN AND EASTERN ARKANSAS
NORTHWEST LOUISIANA
MISSOURI BOOTHEEL
NORTHEAST TEXAS
EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 845 AM UNTIL 300
PM CDT.
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 65 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 5 MILES SOUTH OF SHREVEPORT
LOUISIANA TO 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF WALNUT RIDGE ARKANSAS. 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...CONTINUE...
WW 248
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DISCUSSION...LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS AR HAS BEGUN
SHOWING STRONGER INDICATIONS OF SUPERCELL CHARACTERISTICS IN THE
PAST HOUR. ALSO...NEWLY INTENSIFIED CELL IN NORTHEAST TX HAS
PRODUCED A TORNADO. PRESENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT STORMS WILL
MAINTAIN OR INCREASE IN COVERAGE/INTENSITY THROUGH THE EARLY
AFTERNOON WITH A RISK OF SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING
WINDS...AND A FEW TORNADOES.
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 25035.
...HART