Tornado Watch 334

Issued

May 27, 1997, 2:45 AM CDT (07:45 UTC)

Expired

May 27, 1997, 8:00 AM CDT

In force

5 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 334
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
212 AM CDT TUE MAY 27 1997

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

   CENTRAL AND EASTERN ARKANSAS                           
   NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI                        
   WESTERN TENNESSEE                          

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING FROM 245 AM UNTIL 800 AM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 1/2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 85 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 105 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF EL DORADO ARKANSAS TO 25 MILES
WEST NORTHWEST OF DYERSBURG TENNESSEE.

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 330...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 332.  WATCH NUMBER 330...332 WILL
NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 245 AM CDT.  CONTINUE...WW 331...WW 333...

DISCUSSION...WELL ORGANIZED CONVECTIVE SYSTEM IS ACCELERATING
EASTWARD ACROSS ARKANSAS. SEVERAL EMBEDDED BOWS AND MESOSCALE
CIRCULATIONS INDICATE A THREAT FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLD
TORNADOES. RECENT VILS FROM AREA WSR-88DS ALSO SUGGEST A THREAT
FOR LARGE HAIL.


AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 1/2 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 75 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500.  MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26040.


...VESCIO

330,0943 360,0914 360,0875 330,0910

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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.