URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 201 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1100 AM CDT MON APR 25 2011 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN ARKANSAS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA NORTHEAST TEXAS EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1100 AM UNTIL 600 PM CDT. TORNADOES...HAIL TO 3 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 105 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 5 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF CORSICANA TEXAS TO 20 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF FORT SMITH ARKANSAS. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1). 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 199...WW 200... DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE INTENSIFYING OVER NORTHEAST TX AND SOUTHEAST OK AS STRONG UPPER TROUGH APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. A VERY MOIST AND MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIR MASS IS IN PLACE...WITH ONLY A WEAK CAP. FAVORABLE LOW LEVEL AND DEEP LAYER VERTICAL SHEAR...COMBINED WITH PRESENCE OF SURFACE BOUNDARIES...WILL PROMOTE SUPERCELL THREAT. DAMAGING WINDS...VERY LARGE HAIL...AND A FEW TORNADOES ARE ALL POSSIBLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON IN THE WATCH AREA. AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25040.
Monday, April 25, 2011
April 25: Tornado Watch #3
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