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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 555

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

755 PM CDT THU OCT 31 2013



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTHEAST ARKANSAS

  SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

  MISSOURI BOOTHEEL

  WESTERN AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 755 PM

  UNTIL 100 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WITH A FEW SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 80

    MPH POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF

DYERSBURG TENNESSEE TO 75 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF BOWLING GREEN

KENTUCKY.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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 554...



DISCUSSION...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST AR WILL

CONTINUE TO ORGANIZE AND TRACK EASTWARD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THIS

EVENING.  EXTREME WIND FIELDS WILL HELP COMPENSATE FOR MARGINAL

INSTABILITY...POSING A RISK OF DAMAGING WINDS AND AN ISOLATED

TORNADO OR TWO ACROSS THE REGION.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25040.





...HART

