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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 224

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1000 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       PARTS OF NORTHEAST ARKANSAS

       WESTERN KENTUCKY

       SMALL PART OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

       PARTS OF NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

       MUCH OF WESTERN AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE



EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 1000 PM

UNTIL 500 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 75 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 70 MILES NORTH OF CROSSVILLE

TENNESSEE TO 25 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF PINE BLUFF ARKANSAS.  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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO

WATCH NUMBER 217...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 221. WATCH NUMBER 217 221

WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 1000 PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 215...WW

218...WW 219...WW 222...WW 223...



DISCUSSION...WITH EXPECTED INTENSIFYING LOW LEVEL JET AND

ACCOMPANYING AVAILABLE UNSTABLE AIR MASS THE POTENTIAL FOR

SUPERCELLS WILL CONTINUE MUCH OF THE NIGHT.  IN ADDITION TO DAMAGING

WINDS AND LARGE HAIL...TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY

SUPERCELL.



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

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.





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