URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 94
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1130 AM CDT SAT APR 24 2010
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHEAST ARKANSAS
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
PARTS OF WESTERN KENTUCKY
PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI
WESTERN TENNESSEE
EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1130 AM UNTIL
800 PM CDT.
...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...
DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 3 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 85 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF
FARMINGTON MISSOURI TO 10 MILES WEST OF PINE BELT MISSISSIPPI.
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).
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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO
WATCH NUMBER 91. WATCH NUMBER 91 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 1130
AM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 92...WW 93...
DISCUSSION...RAPID DEEPENING PROCESS OF SURFACE LOW OVER AR AS
INTENSE S/WV TROUGH ROTATES ACROSS AREA. TORNADIC SUPERCELLS
ALREADY UNDERWAY ACROSS MS AND WITH VERY STRONG WIND SHEAR PROFILES
IN PLACE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE AND SPREAD N AND E. IN ADDITION A
RAPIDLY MOVING SQUALL LINE MOVING ACROSS NRN AR EXPECTED TO EVOLVE
INTO A SEVERE QLCS WITH VERY STRONG/DAMAGING WINDS. EMBEDDED
TORNADIC SUPERCELLS ARE ALSO LIKELY WITH THIS FEATURE AS IT TRACKS
ACROSS MID MS VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON. DAMAGING LONG TRACK TORNADOES
ARE STILL POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WATCH.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24050.
...HALES
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood High High
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
High High
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
High Moderate
