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Tornado Watch 134
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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 134
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1050 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS
          EASTERN LOUISIANA
          MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI
          PARTS OF WEST TENNESSEE
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 1050 PM
   UNTIL 700 AM CDT.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 0.5 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 135 STATUTE
   MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES SOUTH OF MONROE
   LOUISIANA TO 30 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF COLUMBUS MISSISSIPPI. 
   FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).
   
   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 132...WW 133...
   
   DISCUSSION...TSTMS NOW FORMING ALONG PRE-FRONTAL CONFLUENCE ZONE IN
   ERN LA EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ENE INTO MS THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...
   FOLLOWED BY STORMS FARTHER W ALONG COLD FRONT NOW NEAR THE SABINE
   RIVER.  WHILE KINEMATIC PROFILES WILL REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR
   SUPERCELLS...ESPECIALLY OVER W CNTRL AND NRN MS /DOWNSTREAM FROM SRN
   AR SFC WAVE/...VERY WEAK MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES /NOTE 03Z JAN RAOB/
   AND SHALLOW CONVERGENCE WILL LIMIT COVERAGE OF SVR ACTIVITY.
   NEVERTHELESS...OVERALL SETUP LIKELY WILL REMAIN SUPPORTIVE OF
   ISOLATED TORNADOES...ONE OR TWO OF WHICH COULD BE STRONG...AND
   NARROW SWATHS OF DMGG WIND.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
   WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
   450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 21045.
   
   
   ...CORFIDI
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