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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