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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 9

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

130 PM CST TUE JAN 8 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       PARTS OF EASTERN ARKANSAS

       PARTS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

       PARTS OF SOUTHERN INDIANA

       WESTERN AND PARTS OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY

       PARTS OF NORTHEASTERN LOUISIANA

       SMALL PART OF SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI

       MUCH OF NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI

       WESTERN AND PARTS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE



EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 130 PM UNTIL

900 PM CST.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 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 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF

LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY TO 50 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF GREENVILLE

MISSISSIPPI.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).



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 8. WATCH NUMBER 8 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 130 PM

CST.



DISCUSSION...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS

CONTINUES EWD FROM BOOTHEEL TO SERN AR.  SHEAR PROFILES REMAIN VERY

STRONG AND WITH AIR MASS CONTINUING TO DESTABILIZE...TORNADO

POTENTIAL EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AND POSSIBLY INCREASE INTO THE

EVENING AS ACTIVITY CONTINUES EWD.



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 24045.





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