Tornado Watch 4

Issued

Jan 3, 2000, 10:00 AM CST (16:00 UTC)

Expired

Jan 3, 2000, 4:00 PM CST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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932 
WWUS9 KMKC 031535
SEL4  
MKC WW 031535
ARZ000-MOZ000-MSZ000-TNZ000-032200-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 4
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
935 AM CST MON JAN 3 2000

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

   EASTERN ARKANSAS                           
   SMALL PART OF THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL                           
   NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI                        
   WEST TENNESSEE                          

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 1000 AM UNTIL 400
PM CST.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 90 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES EAST OF EL DORADO ARKANSAS TO 35 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 2.  WATCH NUMBER 2 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 1000 AM CST. 
CONTINUE...WW 3...

DISCUSSION...LINE OF STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL AR
CONTINUE TO MOVE EWD INTO MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIR MASS.  VERY
STRONG VERTICAL SHEAR PRESENT ACROSS AREA POSES THREAT FOR ISOLATED
TORNADOES.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24045.


...MCCARTHY

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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.