New Tornado Watch

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URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 122
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
315 AM CDT SAT MAY 1 2010

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

FAR NORTHWEST ALABAMA
CENTRAL AND EASTERN ARKANSAS
NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI
WESTERN AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING FROM 315 AM UNTIL 1100 AM CDT.

TORNADOES…HAIL TO 1.5 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 125 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTH OF NASHVILLE
TENNESSEE TO 15 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF MONTICELLO ARKANSAS.
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).

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…THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO
WATCH NUMBER 119. WATCH NUMBER 119 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER
315 AM CDT. CONTINUE…WW 118…WW 120…WW 121…

DISCUSSION…BKN BAND OF TSTMS WITH EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS…NOW
EXTENDING FROM E CNTRL AR NE INTO WRN KY EXPECTED TO CONTINUE SLOWLY
EWD. ADDITIONAL SMALLER STORMS MAY FORM IN CONFLUENT MOIST LOW LVL
FLOW EXTENDING FROM SRN AR INTO NRN MS. GIVEN STRENGTH OF LOW LVL
DIRECTIONAL SHEAR…STRENGTH OF DEEP SWLY SHEAR…AND QUALITY OF
MOISTURE…SETUP MAY YIELD ISOLD TORNADOES IN ADDITION TO DMGG
WIND/MARGINALLY SVR HAIL. STORM STRENGTH/TORNADO THREAT MAY
INCREASE TOWARD LATE MORNING IN RESPONSE TO DAYTIME
HEATING…ESPECIALLY FROM SRN AR ENE INTO NRN MS.

AVIATION…TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24040.

…CORFIDI

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