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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 32

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

110 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       PARTS OF EASTERN ARKANSAS

       PART OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA

       MUCH OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

       SMALL PART OF SOUTHWESTERN TENNESSEE



EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 110 PM UNTIL

900 PM CST.



...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...



DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...

THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE

POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF

MEMPHIS TENNESSEE TO 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NATCHEZ MISSISSIPPI.

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...CONTINUE...WW 30...WW 31...



DISCUSSION...VERY STRONG WIND FIELDS ROTATING ACROSS THE LOWER MS

VALLEY AHEAD OF INTENSE SURFACE/UPPER SYSTEM.  AIR MASS CONTINUES TO

DESTABILIZE NWD ACROSS WATCH AREA WITH WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY FROM

NRN MS WWD TO CENTRAL AR SHIFTING TO NEAR TN BORDER BY 00Z.

SUPERCELLS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS CENTRAL AR/NWRN LA AND WILL

TRACK RAPIDLY NEWD WITH ENHANCED POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TORNADOES AS

THEY CROSS WARM FRONTAL ZONE DURING AFTERNOON.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24050.





...HALES

