Severe Thunderstorm Watch 37

Issued

Feb 18, 2000, 5:00 AM CST (11:00 UTC)

Expired

Feb 18, 2000, 11:00 AM CST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WWUS9 KMKC 181034
MKC WW 181034
ARZ000-181700-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 37
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
434 AM CST FRI FEB 18 2000

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

   ARKANSAS                           

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY MORNING FROM 500 AM UNTIL 1100 AM CST.

HAIL TO 1 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 100 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PINE BLUFF
ARKANSAS TO 65 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF WALNUT RIDGE ARKANSAS.

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.


DISCUSSION...VERY STRONG LOW LEVEL JET ACROSS AR UP TO 70 KT AHEAD
OF COLD FRONT MOVING THRU CENTRAL OK.  WARM FRONT LIFTING RAPIDLY
NWD THRU CENTRAL AR WITH MOIST MARGINALLY UNSTABLE WARM SECTOR. 
STORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY VICINITY OK/AR BORDER IN LOW LEVEL
CONVERGENCE.  WITH APPROACH OF MID/UPR LEVEL JET MAX OF 80-100 KT
ACROSS OK/SRN KS...THE STORMS WILL QUICKLY DEVELOP DAMAGING WIND
POTENTIAL AS THEY INTENSIFY AND MOVE EWD ACROSS AR.  


AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 1 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70
KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450.  MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 23050.


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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.