MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0754
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0418 AM CDT MON MAY 05 2003
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...NERN AR / SERN MO / WRN AND MIDDLE TN / NRN MS /
   NRN AL...
   
   CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 242...244...
   
   VALID 050918Z - 051015Z
   
   SEVERE / TORNADO THREAT CONTINUES ACROSS THE AREA.
   
   OVERALL THREAT APPEARS TO BE DIMINISHING ACCORDING TO LATEST RADAR
   IMAGERY.  HOWEVER...UNSTABLE AIRMASS AND STRONG DEEP-LAYER WIND
   FIELD REMAINS OVER THIS REGION...SUGGESTING THE SEVERE POTENTIAL
   WILL PERSIST FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  ALL THREE OF THESE WATCHES --
   242...243...AND 244 -- WILL BE REPLACED BY 05/10Z WITH A NEW TORNADO
   WATCH FROM NERN AR / SERN MO EWD INTO NRN MS / NRN AL / MIDDLE TN. 
   LITTLE OR NO NEW STORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED WEST OF ONGOING NERN
   AR STORMS AS SHORT-WAVE RIDGING EVIDENT IN WV IMAGERY AS FAR E AS
   SERN OK WILL CONTINUE MOVING EWD INTO AR.  
   
   
   ..GOSS.. 05/05/2003
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...LMK...OHX...HUN...PAH...MEG...LZK...SGF...
   
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