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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 83

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

650 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2010



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       CENTRAL AND EASTERN ARKANSAS

       FAR SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

       WESTERN KENTUCKY

       SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

       NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI

       WESTERN AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE



EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 650 PM

UNTIL 300 AM CDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 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 120 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTH OF PADUCAH

KENTUCKY TO 15 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF MONTICELLO ARKANSAS.  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 80...WW 81...WW 82...



DISCUSSION...STRENGTHENING/MOISTENING WAA/SSWLY LLJ EXPECTED TO

SUPPORT CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF SUSTAINED STORMS/COMPLEX SUPERCELL

STRUCTURES AND MESOSYSTEMS WITH AN ATTENDANT THREAT FOR TORNADOES

ACROSS A SIZABLE PART OF THE LWR MS AND LWR TN VLY THROUGH EARLY

SAT.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23035.





...CORFIDI

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