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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 886

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1240 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS

       SOUTH CENTRAL INTO NORTHEAST LOUISIANA

       WESTERN MISSISSIPPI



EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1240 PM UNTIL

700 PM CDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 0.5 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND

GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE

AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES WEST OF GREENVILLE

MISSISSIPPI TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF LAFAYETTE LOUISIANA.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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 885. WATCH NUMBER 885 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER

1240 PM CDT.



DISCUSSION...OUTER ERN/SERN CONVECTIVE BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE

SLOW-MOVING REMNANTS OF GUSTAV WILL PERSIST NEAR THE MS

RIVER...INVOF THE MID LEVEL DRY SLOT.  THE STRONGER INSTABILITY WILL

FEED THE BANDS FROM THE S...WHILE THE STRONGER LOW-LEVEL SHEAR IS

MAINTAINED NWD ALONG THE MS RIVER.  SUPERCELLS AND A COUPLE OF

TORNADOES WILL REMAIN A THREAT THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 21035.





...THOMPSON

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