PDS for good portion of AR. High threat for tornadoes
Posted by JAC on 4/25/2011, 4:48 pm


URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
  TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 205
  NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
  325 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011
 
  THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
  TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
 
         MUCH OF ARKANSAS
         NORTHERN LOUISIANA
         SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
         EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
         NORTHEAST TEXAS
 
  EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 325 PM UNTIL
  1100 PM CDT.
 
  ...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 APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70 STATUTE
  MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTH OF WEST PLAINS
  MISSOURI TO 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SHREVEPORT LOUISIANA.  FOR A
  COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
  UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).
 
  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 201...WW 202...WW
  203...WW 204...
 
  DISCUSSION...NUMEROUS STRONG/SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOW
  AFFECTING PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST TX/SOUTHEAST OK INTO WESTERN AR.
  FAVORABLE AND INTENSIFYING LOW LEVEL WIND FIELDS...COUPLED WITH A
  RAPIDLY DESTABILIZING AIR MASS WILL SUPPORT A RISK OF TORNADOES
  /SOME STRONG/ AS WELL AS VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THROUGH
  MUCH OF THE EVENING.
 
  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
  500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25035.
 
 
  ...HART
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