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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 115

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1155 PM CDT FRI MAR 14 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       NORTHEAST ARKANSAS

       THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL

       NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI

       WEST TENNESSEE



EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 1155 PM

UNTIL 800 AM CDT.



HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 60

MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES SOUTH OF

JONESBORO ARKANSAS TO 55 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JACKSON TENNESSEE.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE

FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY

DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 111...WW 112...WW

113...WW 114...



DISCUSSION...ELEVATED WAA STORMS/POSSIBLE SUPERCELLS WILL POSE A

THREAT FOR HAIL AND POSSIBLY HIGH WIND THROUGH DAYBREAK AS WAA

STRENGTHENS DOWNSTREAM FROM POTENT ERN OK UPR VORT.



AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT

TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 50

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 27035.





...CORFIDI

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