Tornado Watch 945

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 945
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
935 AM CST TUE DEC 9 2008
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA
WESTERN AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 935 AM UNTIL
500 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 80 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF
GREENWOOD MISSISSIPPI TO 25 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF FORT POLK
LOUISIANA. 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.
DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY ACROSS PARTS OF
CENTRAL LA...AND ALONG CONVECTIVE LINE FROM NORTHEAST TX INTO
EASTERN AR. INCREASING SOUTHERLY LOW LEVEL WINDS ACROSS THIS REGION
WILL HELP ESTABLISH A MOIST AND MARGINALLY UNSTABLE AIRMASS THROUGH
THE DAY...WHILE STRONG VERTICAL SHEAR IS MAINTAINED. POTENTIAL FOR
ISOLATED TORNADOES AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE PRESENT THROUGH MUCH
OF THE DAY.
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
450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.
...HART
ARKANSAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ASHLEY BRADLEY CHICOT
DESHA DREW UNION
MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ADAMS ATTALA BOLIVAR
CARROLL CLAIBORNE COAHOMA
COPIAH FRANKLIN GRENADA
HINDS HOLMES HUMPHREYS
ISSAQUENA JEFFERSON LEFLORE
LINCOLN MADISON MONTGOMERY
QUITMAN RANKIN SHARKEY
SUNFLOWER TALLAHATCHIE WARREN
WASHINGTON WILKINSON YALOBUSHA
YAZOO