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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 113

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1100 PM CDT FRI MAR 14 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI



EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 1100 PM

UNTIL 600 AM 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 75 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES SOUTHWEST OF

GREENWOOD MISSISSIPPI TO 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF MERIDIAN

MISSISSIPPI.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



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 111...WW 112...



DISCUSSION...SEMI-DISCRETE SUPERCELLS CONTINUE TO MOVE/DEVELOP

GENERALLY ESE ALONG STRENGTHENING WNW/ESE WARM FRONT ATTM BETWEEN

JAN AND GWO.  STRENGTH OF DEEP SHEAR...ENHANCED LOW-LEVEL

DIRECTIONAL SHEAR NEAR FRONT...AND INCREASING UVV DOWNSTREAM FROM

POTENT ERN OK VORT MAX SUGGEST CONTINUED LIKELIHOOD FOR SUPERCELLS

AND EVENTUAL MCS DEVELOPMENT.  AN ATTENDANT THREAT FOR ISOLATED

TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY DMGG WIND WILL PERSIST THROUGH

EARLY SATURDAY.



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 28025.





...CORFIDI

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