Tornado Watch 300

Issued

May 8, 2003, 10:25 AM CDT (15:25 UTC)

Expired

May 8, 2003, 4:00 PM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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• Mesoscale Discussion 846May 8, 9:55 AM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 847May 8, 10:21 AM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 848May 8, 11:59 AM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 849May 8, 12:24 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 855May 8, 2:20 PM CDT

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WWUS20 KWNS 081529
SEL0  
SPC WW 081525
ARZ000-KYZ000-MOZ000-TNZ000-082100-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 300 
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 
1025 AM CDT THU MAY 8 2003

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

       NORTHEAST ARKANSAS
       WESTERN KENTUCKY
       SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
       MISSOURI BOOTHEEL
       WESTERN AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 1025 AM UNTIL
400 PM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 75 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF WALNUT RIDGE
ARKANSAS TO 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF NASHVILLE TENNESSEE.

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 297...WW 299...


DISCUSSION...FRACTURED SURFACE WARM FRONT NOW ACROSS THE REGION
SHOULD BECOME BETTER DEFINED NEAR THE TN/KY BORDER THIS AFTERNOON. 
SWLY LLJ SHOULD ALSO SUPPORT PERSISTENT CONVECTIVE INITIATION ALONG
AND JUST NORTH OF THIS BOUNDARY...AND NEAR SUBTLE BOUNDARIES WITHIN
WARM SECTOR...THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON.  GIVEN THE MODERATE TO
STRONGLY UNSTABLE AIR MASS IN PLACE AND 50 KT OF DEEP LAYER
SHEAR...SUPERCELLS ARE EXPECTED WITH AN ATTENDANT THREAT OF ISOLATED
TORNADOES.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26035.


...EVANS

370,0910 373,0861 352,0861 345,0910

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.