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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 91

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1035 AM CST MON MAR 3 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       PARTS OF SOUTHERN ARKANSAS

       MUCH OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN LOUISIANA

       PARTS OF SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1035 AM UNTIL 600

PM CST.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 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 75 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF

MONTICELLO ARKANSAS TO 35 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF LAKE CHARLES

LOUISIANA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).



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 90...



DISCUSSION...INCREASING THREAT OF SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATED

WITH SQUALL LINE MOVING FROM ERN TX INTO LA. STRONG SHEAR PROFILES

AND INCREASING INSTABILITY COUPLED WITH APPROACH OF STRONG

TROUGH/WIND MAX FROM WRN TX WILL LEAD TO POTENTIAL FOR TORNADOES

BOTH WITH THE SQUALL LINE AND LATER THIS AFTERNOON FOR DISCRETE

STORMS AHEAD OF THE LINE.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24045.





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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 91...RESENT

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1035 AM CST MON MAR 3 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       PARTS OF SOUTHERN ARKANSAS

       MUCH OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN LOUISIANA

       PARTS OF SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1035 AM UNTIL 600

PM CST.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 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 75 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF

MONTICELLO ARKANSAS TO 35 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF LAKE CHARLES

LOUISIANA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).



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 90...



DISCUSSION...INCREASING THREAT OF SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATED

WITH SQUALL LINE MOVING FROM ERN TX INTO LA. STRONG SHEAR PROFILES

AND INCREASING INSTABILITY COUPLED WITH APPROACH OF STRONG

TROUGH/WIND MAX FROM WRN TX WILL LEAD TO POTENTIAL FOR TORNADOES

BOTH WITH THE SQUALL LINE AND LATER THIS AFTERNOON FOR DISCRETE

STORMS AHEAD OF THE LINE.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24045.





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