SPC MD 709
MD 0709 CONCERNING TORNADO WATCH 205...208... FOR MUCH OF SOUTHERN MISSOURI INTO EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN ARKANSAS

Mesoscale Discussion 0709
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0350 PM CDT Wed May 08 2024

Areas affected...much of southern Missouri into eastern Oklahoma and
western Arkansas

Concerning...Tornado Watch 205...208...

Valid 082050Z - 082245Z

The severe weather threat for Tornado Watch 205, 208 continues.

SUMMARY...The threat of supercells producing very large hail,
tornadoes and damaging gusts persists from southern Missouri into
northeast Oklahoma, with additional storms anticipated farther
south.

DISCUSSION...Several supercells exist along a front from northeast
OK into southwest MO, with addition activity just on the cool/north
side of an east-west oriented outflow boundary from the earlier MCS.
This boundary appears to be mixing out, as temperatures are
recovering over south-central MO near the front.  Given time of day,
additional pockets of air mass recovery are possible with tornado
potential remaining.

Farther south, extreme instability persists over eastern OK into
western AR, and convergence near the cold front in OK is expected to
yield at least isolated supercells. These will have very large hail
potential, along with periodic tornado threat as 0-1 SRH remains
above 100 m2/s2.

..Jewell.. 05/08/2024

...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov for graphic product...

ATTN...WFO...LZK...SGF...TSA...OUN...

LAT...LON   34399660 34849637 35949572 36599528 37149459 37709381
            38069319 38079233 37919200 37339169 36919176 36439263
            35949319 35119412 34509509 34159612 34149644 34399660 

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