URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 385
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
530 PM CDT WED JUN 2 2004
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
MUCH OF ARKANSAS
NORTHERN LOUISIANA
NORTHEAST TEXAS
EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 530 PM UNTIL
1100 PM CDT.
...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...
EXTREMELY DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 90 MPH...LARGE HAIL
TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN
THESE AREAS.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 75 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 95 MILES NORTH OF LITTLE ROCK
ARKANSAS TO 60 MILES SOUTH OF TEXARKANA ARKANSAS.
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
TORNADOES.
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REPLACES
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 379. WATCH NUMBER 379 WILL NOT BE
IN EFFECT AFTER 530 PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 380...WW 381...WW
382...WW 383...WW 384...
DISCUSSION...LARGE DAMAGING BOW ECHO CONTINUES TO TRACK
SOUTHEASTWARD INTO WESTERN AR. THIS SYSTEM HAS ALREADY PRODUCED
SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE...AND WILL MAINTAIN INTENSITY FOR SEVERAL
MORE HOURS INTO NORTHERN LA. OTHER ISOLATED STRONG/SEVERE STORMS
WILL LIKELY PERSIST THROUGH THE EVENING ACROSS PARTS OF
CENTRAL/NORTHERN AR IN REGION OF LOW LEVEL WARM ADVECTION AND
MODERATE INSTABILITY.
AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 80
KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 30040.
...HART
