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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 885
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
200 PM CST TUE NOV 23 2004

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS
NORTHERN AND WESTERN LOUISIANA
EASTERN TEXAS
COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 200 PM UNTIL 900
PM CST.

...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 ALONG AND 110 STATUTE MILES EAST AND
WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF PINE BLUFF
ARKANSAS TO 50 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF HOUSTON TEXAS.

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 883...WW 884...

DISCUSSION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN NUMBER AND
INTENSITY OVER ERN TX AHEAD OF VIGOROUS TROUGH. SURFACE LOW
DEEPENING ERN TX WILL TRACK NEWD INTO SWRN AR THIS EVENING WITH
ASSOCIATED VIGOROUS DEEP LAYER SHEAR PROFILES DEVELOPING.
SUPERCELLS WILL BE COMMON AHEAD OF LOW AND NWD TO E/W WARM FRONT SRN
AR WITH POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TORNADOES AND VERY DAMAGING WINDS.

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
550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24040.


I can never post images... so here is the website:
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0885.html


EVERYONE PLEASE STAY SAFE!!!

Definitely a good word of advice, please be safe. The worse of this outbreak will still be yet to come overnight tonight further east as we could see more PDS tornado watches issued. Strong to violent tornadoes are possible in a situation like this from eastern Texas into north central and northeast Louisiana, southeast Arkansas, and especially into Mississippi as we go into the overnight. We cannot stress enough that tornadoes, especially at night are extremely dangerous and deadly as we seen from previous November tornado outbreaks.

Here is the image.

vbhoutex wrote:Here is the image.

That's a huge watch.

Tornadoes anytime of the day are bad enough, but at NIGHT when you can't see 'em is terrible!!

Stay very safe everyone!!!

Please Jesus have a lot of mercy on the South tonight!!

-Jeb