Tornado Watch 282

Issued

May 7, 2003, 4:55 AM CDT (09:55 UTC)

Expired

May 7, 2003, 11:00 AM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

• Mesoscale Discussion 811May 7, 1:16 AM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 812May 7, 1:41 AM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 813May 7, 2:27 AM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 816May 7, 7:06 AM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 817May 7, 9:47 AM CDT

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 282 
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 
455 AM CDT WED MAY 7 2003

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

       EASTERN ARKANSAS
       NORTHERN LOUISIANA
       THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL
       NORTHERN AND WESTERN MISSISSIPPI
       WEST AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE

EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 455 AM UNTIL 1100 AM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 55 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 100 STATUTE MILES EAST AND
WEST OF A LINE FROM 80 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF NASHVILLE TENNESSEE
TO 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MONROE LOUISIANA.

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 279...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 280. WATCH NUMBER 279 280
WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 455 AM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 281...


DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX IN ERN AR/NRN LA EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE GENERALLY EWD...WITH EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS MAINTAINING THREAT
FOR DAMAGING WIND/ISOLATED TORNADOES AS 40+ KT LOW LEVEL JET ADVECTS
VERY MOIST AIR INTO REGION.  OTHER CELLS MAY DEVELOP ALONG SHALLOW
OUTFLOW BOUNDARY STRADDLING THE MS/TN BORDER.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26035.


...CORFIDI

363,0861 321,0895 321,0932 363,0894

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.