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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 124...RESENT

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

950 AM CDT SAT MAY 1 2010



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       NORTHWEST ALABAMA

       SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS

       NORTHEAST LOUISIANA

       NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

       WESTERN AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE



EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 950 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 APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 95 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF

NASHVILLE TENNESSEE TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF NATCHEZ MISSISSIPPI.

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.



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 122...



DISCUSSION...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF

TN/MS/LA THIS MORNING...WITHIN A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS.

WIDESPREAD WEAK LOW LEVEL WARM ADVECTION WILL LIKELY MAINTAIN THE

RISK OF DISCRETE STORM DEVELOPMENT.  LOW LEVEL VERTICAL SHEAR

THROUGHOUT THE REGION IS FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS AND TORNADOES.

POCKETS OF DAYTIME HEATING THIS AFTERNOON WILL FURTHER INCREASE THE

RISK OF SEVERE STORMS.



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 24035.





...HART



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SPC WW 011453

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 124...RESENT

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

950 AM CDT SAT MAY 1 2010



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       NORTHWEST ALABAMA

       SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS

       NORTHEAST LOUISIANA

       NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

       WESTERN AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE



EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 950 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 APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 95 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF

NASHVILLE TENNESSEE TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF NATCHEZ MISSISSIPPI.

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.



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 122...



DISCUSSION...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF

TN/MS/LA THIS MORNING...WITHIN A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS.

WIDESPREAD WEAK LOW LEVEL WARM ADVECTION WILL LIKELY MAINTAIN THE

RISK OF DISCRETE STORM DEVELOPMENT.  LOW LEVEL VERTICAL SHEAR

THROUGHOUT THE REGION IS FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS AND TORNADOES.

POCKETS OF DAYTIME HEATING THIS AFTERNOON WILL FURTHER INCREASE THE

RISK OF SEVERE STORMS.



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 24035.





...HART



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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 124

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

950 AM CDT SAT MAY 1 2010



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       NORTHWEST ALABAMA

       SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS

       NORTHEAST LOUISIANA

       NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

       WESTERN AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE



EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 950 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 APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 95 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF

NASHVILLE TENNESSEE TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF NATCHEZ MISSISSIPPI.

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.



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 122...



DISCUSSION...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF

TN/MS/LA THIS MORNING...WITHIN A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS.

WIDESPREAD WEAK LOW LEVEL WARM ADVECTION WILL LIKELY MAINTAIN THE

RISK OF DISCRETE STORM DEVELOPMENT.  LOW LEVEL VERTICAL SHEAR

THROUGHOUT THE REGION IS FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS AND TORNADOES.

POCKETS OF DAYTIME HEATING THIS AFTERNOON WILL FURTHER INCREASE THE

RISK OF SEVERE STORMS.



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 24035.





...HART

