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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 207

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

925 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SMALL PART OF SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS

       SMALL PART OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA

       MUCH OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI



EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 925 PM UNTIL

400 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 EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF

GREENWOOD MISSISSIPPI TO 55 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF JACKSON

MISSISSIPPI.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).



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 204...WW 205...WW 206...



DISCUSSION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS AR HAVE EVOLVED INTO A

SQUALL LINE WHICH WILL CONTINUE E/SEWD INTO CENTRAL MS.  WHILE

DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT...STRONG SHEAR PROFILES

AND MLCAPES AOA 1000 J/KG WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT EMBEDDED

SUPERCELLS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOS IN THE SQUALL LINE.



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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