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URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 160
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1015 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2011
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS
NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI
WESTERN AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE
EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 1015 PM
UNTIL 500 AM CDT.
TORNADOES…HAIL TO 1.5 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 80 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF
NASHVILLE TENNESSEE TO 10 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF GREENWOOD
MISSISSIPPI. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).
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 157…WW 158…WW 159…
DISCUSSION…SCATTERED SEVERE STORMS IN AR ARE CONGEALING INTO
ANOTHER LINEAR CLUSTER…WITH A DEVELOPING BOW ECHO A LITTLE W OF
MEMPHIS. THIS CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE TO SURGE EWD INTO NRN MS AND
WRN/MIDDLE TN OVERNIGHT…WITH STRONG ASCENT ALONG THE LEADING EDGE
OF THE GUST FRONTS MAINTAINING THE CONVECTION…DESPITE A GRADUAL
INCREASE IN CONVECTIVE INHIBITION. DAMAGING WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED
WITH THE BOWING SEGMENTS…AND THE STRONGER UPDRAFTS WILL CONTINUE
TO POSE A RISK FOR LARGE HAIL. A COUPLE OF TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE WITH EMBEDDED CIRCULATIONS IN THE LINE…GIVEN THE MOIST
BOUNDARY LAYER AND THE STRONG LOW-LEVEL SHEAR.
AVIATION…TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27045.
Category: Severe Weather
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