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Tornado Watch 298
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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 298
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   425 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          EASTERN ARKANSAS
          MISSOURI BOOTHEEL
          NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI
          WESTERN TENNESSEE
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON FROM 425 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 3 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 NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
   JONESBORO ARKANSAS TO 45 MILES NORTHEAST OF TUPELO MISSISSIPPI. 
   FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).
   
   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 293...WW 294...WW
   295...WW 296...WW 297...
   
   DISCUSSION...IMPRESSIVE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD EWD TOWARDS
   THE MID SOUTH TONIGHT WITH THUNDERSTORMS BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD
   ACROSS WW THIS EVENING.  AIR MASS IS VERY UNSTABLE SOUTH OF A WARM
   FRONT NOW EXTENDING FROM NERN AR INTO FAR SWRN TN...AND THIS FEATURE
   SHOULD LIFT SLOWLY NWD THIS EVENING.  THIS WILL CREATE A SETUP
   INCREASINGLY FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS AND BOWING SEGMENTS ACROSS THE
   REGION.  VERY LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES ARE ALL
   POSSIBLE WELL AFTER DARK.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
   WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
   450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26030.
   
   
   ...EVANS
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