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Current Radar/Watch box's up. Very strong squall line has formed ahead of the cold front.



Current Mesoscale discussion:



MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0527
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0812 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008

AREAS AFFECTED...SRN IL...SERN MO...AR...SERN OK...NERN TX

CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 148...149...150...

VALID 010112Z - 010215Z

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH
148...149...150...CONTINUES.

WELL DEFINED SQUALL LINE HAS SURGED AHEAD OF COLD FRONT FROM SRN
IL...SWWD INTO SERN OK WHERE STORM STRUCTURES HAVE MORE SUPERCELL
CHARACTERISTICS. 00Z SOUNDING FROM FWD SUPPORTS SUPERCELL
STRUCTURES WITH VEERING PROFILES AND STRONG SPEED SHEAR...ALONG WITH
MODERATE INSTABILITY. ADDITIONALLY...NOTABLE INHIBITION EXISTS ON
FWD SOUNDING WHICH MAY SUPPRESS SIGNIFICANT SWD DEVELOPMENT INTO N
TX. CURRENT THINKING IS SQUALL LINE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ESEWD AT
ROUGHLY 25-30KT ACROSS AR/MO WITH ACTIVITY ALONG THE RED RIVER ONLY
GRADUALLY SAGGING SOUTH INTO EXTREME NORTH TX OVER THE NEXT FEW
HOURS...ESPECIALLY GIVEN THAT LLJ WILL LIFT NEWD INTO THE OH VALLEY.
LARGE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE THE PRIMARY THREATS.

..DARROW.. 04/01/2008


ATTN...WFO...PAH...MEG...LSX...LZK...SGF...SHV...TSA...FWD...OUN...

34419644 34759431 36089207 38018927 37288891 35019110
33769327 33709626
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1505 1 SW MILLER LAWRENCE MO 3720 9385 SPOTTER OBSERVED A BRIEF TOUCH DOWN. (SGF)

1512 1 S MILLER LAWRENCE MO 3720 9384 TORNADO STILL ON THE GROUND AND INTENSIFYING. CONFIRMED DAMAGE...POWERPOLES HAVE BEEN SNAPPED ALONG HIGHWAY 39 SOUTH OF MILLER. (SGF)

1533 6 SW NEVADA VERNON MO 3778 9443 STORM SPOTTER WITNESSED A TORNADO DAMAGING A HOME ON HIGHWAY BB. (SGF)

1615 1 SE PLEASANT HOPE POLK MO 3745 9326 DEBRIS FROM BARN BLOWN UPTO A QUARTER MILE AWAY. ROOF DAMAGE TO NEARBY HOME AND POWER POLE DOWNED. (SGF)

2200 2 SW LITTLE CITY MARSHALL OK 3406 9664 (OUN)
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Severe Cells continue to tear through the Mid-West



CODE
SPC AC 032000
  
   DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0300 PM CDT THU APR 03 2008
  
   VALID 032000Z - 041200Z
  
   ...THERE IS A MDT RISK OF SVR TSTMS FROM PARTS OF N CNTRL THROUGH
   NERN TX INTO S CNTRL AND SERN OK THROUGH WRN AR...
  
   ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS FROM SWRN TX THROUGH THE LOWER
   MS VALLEY AND PARTS OF THE TN AND LOWER OH VALLEY...
  
   ...SWRN TX...CNTRL AND ERN OK THROUGH PARTS OF THE LOWER OH AND TN
   VALLEYS...
  
   LATE THIS AFTERNOON A DRYLINE EXTENDS FROM WRN OK SWWD THROUGH SWRN
   TX. WARM FRONT STRETCHES FROM A SURFACE LOW NEAR ENID OK SE THROUGH
   NERN TX...SRN AR INTO NRN MS AND NRN AL...THEN SEWD INTO SW GA. COLD
   FRONT EXTENDS FROM THE SURFACE LOW SWWD THROUGH NWRN OK INTO THE TX
   PANHANDLE.





CODE
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 154
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   350 PM CDT THU APR 3 2008
  
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
  
          WESTERN ARKANSAS
          EASTERN OKLAHOMA
  
   EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 350 PM UNTIL
   1000 PM CDT.
  
   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 50 STATUTE
   MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES WEST OF MCALESTER
   OKLAHOMA TO 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FLIPPIN ARKANSAS.  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 153...
  
   DISCUSSION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE INCREASING ALONG AN AXIS
   FROM WESTERN NORTH TX INTO EASTERN OK.  THIS ACTIVITY IS LIKELY TO
   INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS AS LOW
   LEVEL WARM ADVECTION AND DESTABILIZATION OCCUR.  LARGE HAIL WILL BE
   THE MAIN THREAT EARLY...WITH AN INCREASING THREAT OF ISOLATED
   TORNADOES 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
   450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25030.
  
  
   ...HART







CODE
210         LONSDALE     GARLAND     AR    3454     9281    DEBRIS IN AIR REPORTED AT THE HWY 70/30 SPLIT NEAR LONSDALE. (LZK)

0215        2 SW BENTON     SALINE     AR    3455    9260    POWER LINES ARE DOWN AND AUTOMOBILE DAMAGED BY POSSIBLE TORNADO 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BENTON (LZK)

0220        BENTON     SALINE     AR    3457    9258    WALL CLOUD REPORTED BY HAM RADIO OPERATOR JUST EAST OF EXIT 116 IN BENTON. (LZK)

0225        BRYANT     SALINE     AR    3461    9249    REPORTS OF DAMAGE AT HURRICANE LAKE ESTATES...ALONG WITH FIRES STARTED. REPORTED TIME IS APPROXIMATE. (LZK)

0250        6 W DOWNTOWN LITTLE ROC     PULASKI     AR    3473    9234    DAMAGE REPORTS AT MARKHAM AND JOHN BARROW...MARKHAM AND BROOKHAVEN...ALONG MISSISSIPPI AND ALONG CANTRELL. REPORTS OF STRUCTURE DAMAGE...CARS FLIPPED OVER...AND TREES A (LZK)

0310        NORTH LITTLE ROCK AIRPO     PULASKI     AR    3483    9227    TORNADO PASSED OVER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN NORTH LITTLE ROCK AT THE NORTH LITTLE ROCK AIRPORT. DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS SURROUNDING THE AIRPORT ON AIRPORT PROPER (LZK)

0315        GRAVEL RIDGE     PULASKI     AR    3487    9219    REPORTS OF DAMAGE ON JACKSONVILLE CATO ROAD WITH TREES ON A HOUSE ALONG WITH A FIRE. (LZK)
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Severe Storms Continue to Pound the South!





000
WFUS54 KBMX 041909
TORBMX
ALC015-029-121-042000-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0073.080404T1909Z-080404T2000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
209 PM CDT FRI APR 4 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL CALHOUN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...OXFORD...ANNISTON...
SOUTHWESTERN CLEBURNE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
EAST CENTRAL TALLADEGA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TALLADEGA...

* UNTIL 300 PM CDT

* AT 208 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD
NEAR TALLADEGA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.


* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
JENIFER AND BYNUM BY 230 PM CDT...
ANNISTON METRO AIRPORT AND HOBSON CITY BY 240 PM CDT...
OXFORD AND OAK HILL BY 245 PM CDT...
DEARMANVILLE AND ANNISTON BY 250 PM CDT...

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHERN ALABAMA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM
CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN ALABAMA.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...
CALL 1-800-856-0758.

LAT...LON 3358 8566 3350 8586 3350 8590 3348 8591
3339 8615 3347 8619 3372 8579
TIME...MOT...LOC 1909Z 239DEG 31KT 3345 8613

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