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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 55

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

830 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTHEAST ARKANSAS

  SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

  EXTREME SOUTHWEST INDIANA

  WESTERN KENTUCKY

  SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

  NORTHWEST TENNESSEE



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 830 PM

  UNTIL 400 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SEVERAL TORNADOES LIKELY WITH A FEW INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SEVERAL LARGE HAIL EVENTS WITH A FEW VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2

    INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF

CARBONDALE ILLINOIS TO 30 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF DYERSBURG

TENNESSEE.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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 51...WW 52...WW 53...WW

54...



DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN INCREASING FROM NRN AR INTO SE

MO/SRN IL IN A ZONE OF STRENGTHENING WAA.  MODERATE INSTABILITY IS

STILL PRESENT ACROSS THE AREA...AND LOW-LEVEL SHEAR IS ENHANCED

ALONG A STALLED OUTFLOW BOUNDARY.  TORNADOES WILL BE

POSSIBLE...INCLUDING AN ISOLATED STRONG TORNADO...AS WELL AS LARGE

HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.



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 25040.





...THOMPSON

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