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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 24

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1135 AM CST TUE JAN 29 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       PARTS OF NORTHEAST ARKANSAS

       MUCH OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

       PARTS OF WESTERN KENTUCKY

       PARTS OF EASTERN MISSOURI

       PARTS OF NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI

       PARTS OF WESTERN TENNESSEE



EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1135 AM UNTIL 700

PM CST.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 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 50 MILES NORTH OF SALEM

ILLINOIS TO 60 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF LITTLE ROCK ARKANSAS.  FOR

A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).



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...INTENSE TROUGH AND VERY STRONG JET MAX COUPLED WITH

INCREASING GULF MOISTURE WILL SUPPORT RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE

THUNDERSTORMS ALONG/AHEAD OF COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS MO AND NWRN

AR.  SHEAR PROFILES SUPPORT SUPERCELLS AND TORNADOES ALONG WITH

DAMAGING WINDS AS STORMS DEVELOP AND MOVE EWD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23050.





...HALES

