PDS TORNADO WATCH #333

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 333
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1235 PM CDT SUN MAY 30 2004

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
NORTHEAST TEXAS

EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1235 PM UNTIL 700
PM CDT.

...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...

DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...
THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE
POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 90 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 70 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF TEXARKANA ARKANSAS TO
65 MILES SOUTH OF PARIS TEXAS.

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 329...WW 330...WW 331...WW
332...

DISCUSSION...STORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG SURFACE TROUGH/DRYLINE JUST
SOUTH OF THE RED RIVER IN NORTHEAST TEXAS. ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE
IN EXTREME UNSTABLE WHERE CAPE IS BETWEEN 4000-5000 J/KG. DEEP
LAYER SHEAR HAS INCREASED DURING THE LAST HOUR OR SO TO 40-50 KT
ENHANCING TORNADO POTENTIAL ACROSS THE AREA.