PDS Issued
Posted by JAC on 4/26/2011, 3:03 pm



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
  TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 215
  NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
  145 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
 
  THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
  TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
 
         SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS
         NORTHERN LOUISIANA
         EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
         NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
  EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 145 PM UNTIL
  1000 PM CDT.
 
  ...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...
 
  DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 4 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 80 STATUTE
  MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF WACO
  TEXAS TO 60 MILES NORTHEAST OF EL DORADO ARKANSAS.  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 213...WW 214...
 
  DISCUSSION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY DEVELOP
  THIS AFTERNOON OVER NORTHEAST TX...SPREADING ACROSS THE WATCH AREA
  THROUGH EARLY EVENING.  OTHER INTENSE STORMS WILL DEVELOP BY EARLY
  EVENING OVER NORTHEAST TX AND ALSO SPREAD EASTWARD.  BOTH AREAS OF
  SEVERE STORMS WILL LIKELY INCLUDE DISCRETE SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF
  VERY LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND TORNADOES.  WIND FIELDS WILL
  BE STRENGTHENING THROUGH THE EVENING...AND STORMS TRACKING NEAR THE
  EXISTING BOUNDARY FROM TX INTO AR WILL HAVE ENHANCED SHEAR AND THE
  RISK OF STRONG/LONG-LIVED TORNADOES.
 
  AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
  SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 4 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
  WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
  600. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25035.
 
 
  ...HART
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