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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 348

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

710 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2012



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       NORTHWEST ALABAMA

       NORTHEAST ARKANSAS

       THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL

       NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI

       WESTERN AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE



EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 710 PM UNTIL

300 AM CDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2.5 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 60 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF

JONESBORO ARKANSAS TO 35 MILES NORTH OF HUNTSVILLE ALABAMA.  FOR

A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).



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 345...WW 347...



DISCUSSION...SCTD TSTMS HAVE FORMED OVER W TN IN ZONE OF MODEST LOW

LVL WAA/MOISTURE TRANSPORT ALONG WEAK WNW-ESE FRONT.  SUFFICIENT LOW

TO MID LVL SPEED/DIRECTIONAL SHEAR APPEARS PRESENT FOR SUPERCELLS

WITH HAIL...LOCALLY DMGG WIND...AND POSSIBLY A COUPLE TORNADOES

GIVEN THAT WEAK CONVERGENCE MAY ALLOW FOR A SOMEWHAT EXTENDED PERIOD

OF DISCRETE/SEMI-DISCRETE STORMS IN A MOISTURE-RICH ENVIRONMENT.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 28025.





...CORFIDI

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