WATCHES: Tornado Watch Number 886

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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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