Tornado Watch 140

Issued

Apr 5, 1997, 3:15 AM CST (09:15 UTC)

Expired

Apr 5, 1997, 9:00 AM CST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WWUS9 KMKC 050900
SEL0  
MKC WW 050900
ARZ000-MSZ000-TNZ000-MOZ000-051500-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 140
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
300 AM CST SAT APR 5 1997

A...THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR

   PARTS OF EASTERN ARKANSAS                           
   PARTS OF NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI                        
   PARTS OF WESTERN TENNESSEE                          
   THE BOOTHEEL OF MISSOURI                           

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING UNTIL 900 AM CST.

TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING
THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.


THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 90 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREENVILLE MISSISSIPPI TO 45
MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF WALNUT RIDGE ARKANSAS.

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.
$$

C...TORNADOES AND A FEW SVR TSTMS WITH HAIL SFC AND ALF TO 1 1/4
INCHES.  EXTRM TURBC AND SFC WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS.  A FEW CBS
WITH MAX TOPS TO 400.  MEAN WIND VECTOR 24045.

D...LOW TOPPED HIGH PRECIP SUPERCELLS DEVELOPING ALONG SURFACE
BOUNDARY IN REGION OF STRONG UPPER DYNAMIC FORCING. THOUGH
INSTABILITY IS MARGINAL...70 KT MID LEVEL FLOW AND 50 TO 60 KT LOW
LEVEL JET INDICATES SHEAR SUFFICIENT FOR SUPERCELLS.
 

E...OTR TSTMS...  CONT..WW 138..WW 139..

...ROGASH

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.