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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 8

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

835 AM CST TUE JAN 8 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       MUCH OF EASTERN AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS

       PARTS OF WESTERN KENTUCKY

       PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

       PARTS OF NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI

       PARTS OF WESTERN TENNESSEE



EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 835 AM UNTIL

400 PM CST.



TORNADOES...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 90 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF

POPLAR BLUFF MISSOURI TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EL DORADO

ARKANSAS.  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.



DISCUSSION...VERY POTENT SHEAR PROFILES IN PLACE FOR TORNADIC

SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT AS STRONG S/WV TROUGH MOVES TOWARD AREA FROM

SRN PLAINS.  CURRENT THUNDERSTORMS WESTERN AR EXPECTED TO INCREASE

IN NUMBER AND INTENSITY ALONG WITH POTENTIAL FOR TORNADOS THRU THE

AFTERNOON AS THEY DEVELOP EWD ACROSS MS RIVER VALLEY.



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 24045.





...HALES

