Severe Thunderstorm Watch 348

Issued

May 24, 2000, 11:45 PM CDT (04:45 UTC)

Expired

May 25, 2000, 6:00 AM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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WWUS9 KMKC 250420
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 348
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1120 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2000

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

   EASTERN ARKANSAS                           
   WESTERN KENTUCKY                           
   SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI                           
   WESTERN AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE                          

EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 1145 PM
UNTIL 600 AM CDT.

HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 145 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES SOUTH OF JACKSON TENNESSEE TO
35 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT CAMPBELL KENTUCKY.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR 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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REPLACES
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 342...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 344. 
WATCH NUMBER 342...344 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 1145 PM CDT. 
CONTINUE...WW 343...WW 345...WW 346...WW 347...

DISCUSSION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CLUSTER CONTINUES MOVING ALONG
BOUNDARY FROM SOUTHWESTERN KY INTO MIDDLE TENNESSEE WITH ANOTHER
LINE OF STRONG STORMS MOVING INTO EASTERN ARKANSAS AND WESTERN
TENNESSEE. AIR MASS OVER REGION REMAINS VERY UNSTABLE WITH 3000 TO
4000 J/KG MUCAPES. 

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 2 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.  MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 29035.

...ROGASH

370,0851 345,0862 345,0912 370,0903

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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.