
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 14
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   235 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF    
          PARTS OF EASTERN ARKANSAS
          SMALL PART OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA
          SMALL PART OF SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI
          MUCH OF NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI
          WESTERN AND PARTS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE   
   EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 235 PM UNTIL
   1000 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 100 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF
   DYERSBURG TENNESSEE TO 50 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF GREENVILLE
   MISSISSIPPI.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).   
   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 13...   
   DISCUSSION...INTENSIFYING SURFACE LOW OVER CENTRAL AR IN RESPONSE TO
   STRONG S/W TROUGH APPROACHING FROM THE W.  E/W WARM FRONT STILL
   MOVING NWD THRU NERN AR/WRN TN WITH WARM SECTOR AIR MASS NOW
   UNSTABLE AND NEARLY UNCAPPED.  WITH VERY STRONG SHEAR PROFILES AND
   LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE POTENTIAL FOR SUPERCELLS/TORNADOES EXPECTED TO
   DEVELOP EWD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THRU THE EVENING.  POTENTIAL FOR
   MORE DISCRETE STORMS TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE WARM SECTOR WHICH WOULD
   LEAD TO GREATER THREAT OF TORNADOES PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF A MORE
   QLCS/WIND DAMAGE THREAT THAT IS EXPECTED TO EVOLVE BY THIS EVENING.   
   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.