Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Paducah, KY

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
625 PM CST MON DEC 14 1987

...TORNADO WATCH FOR PARTS OF ARKANSAS AND A SMALL PART OF THE
MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...

AT TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 563 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100PM CST FOR DUNKLIN
AND PEMISCOT COUNTIES MISSOURI.

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS MOVING QUICKLY ACROSS NORTHEAST TEXAS AND
ARKANSAS. INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS SYSTEM HAVE BEEN REPORTED
MOVING NORTHEAST AT AS MUCH AS 50 TO 60 MPH.

AT 615 PM CST NONE OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR THE MISSOURI
BOOTHEEL...WITH ONLY LIGHT RAIN BEING REPORTED OVER SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI.  HOWEVER...SINCE THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS WEATHER
SYSTEM ARE MOVING SO QUICKLY...PERSONS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA
SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER
APPROACH.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT TORNADOS AND SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA.

RAMSDELLZ

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
725 PM CST MON DEC 14 1987

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 563 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100PM CST FOR DUNKLIN
AND PEMISCOT COUNTIES MISSOURI...

AT 720 PM CST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT PADUCAH KENTUCKY INDICATED
A FEW THUNDERSHOWERS NEAR BLYTHVILLE ARKANSAS AND DYERSBURG
TENNESSEE. THESE THUNDERSHOWERS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT
35 MPH. NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
HOWEVER THIS WEATHER WATCH IS ASSOCIATED WITH A VERY FAST MOVING
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD MOVE QUICKLY INTO
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOS AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP IN AND NEAR THE WATCH
AREA.

RAMSDELL