URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 205
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
325 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
MUCH OF ARKANSAS
NORTHERN LOUISIANA
SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
NORTHEAST TEXAS
EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 325 PM UNTIL
1100 PM CDT.
...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...
DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...
THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE
POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTH OF WEST PLAINS
MISSOURI TO 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SHREVEPORT LOUISIANA. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).
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 201...WW 202...WW
203...WW 204...
DISCUSSION...NUMEROUS STRONG/SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOW
AFFECTING PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST TX/SOUTHEAST OK INTO WESTERN AR.
FAVORABLE AND INTENSIFYING LOW LEVEL WIND FIELDS...COUPLED WITH A
RAPIDLY DESTABILIZING AIR MASS WILL SUPPORT A RISK OF TORNADOES
/SOME STRONG/ AS WELL AS VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THROUGH
MUCH OF THE EVENING.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25035.Monday, April 25, 2011
April 25: PDS Tornado Watch #1
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