Tornado Watch 16

Issued

Feb 9, 2001, 2:45 AM CST (08:45 UTC)

Expired

Feb 9, 2001, 7:00 AM CST

In force

4 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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ARZ000-OKZ000-TXZ000-091300-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 16
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
221 AM CST FRI FEB 9 2001

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

   WESTERN ARKANSAS                           
   EASTERN OKLAHOMA                           
   NORTHEAST TEXAS                              

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY MORNING FROM 245 AM UNTIL 700 AM CST.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO
70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 60 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PARIS TEXAS TO 35 MILES NORTH
NORTHWEST OF FAYETTEVILLE 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.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO WATCH
NUMBER 15.  WATCH NUMBER 15 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 245 AM CST. 
CONTINUE...WW 14...

DISCUSSION...SQLN EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ENE ACROSS ERN OK/WRN AR
LATER THIS MORNING...IN ZONE OF STRONGEST DEEP-LAYER ASCENT AHEAD
OF EJECTING W TX SHORTWAVE TROUGH.  VERY STRONG LOW-LEVEL SHEAR /IN
EXCESS OF 45 KTS IN THE LOWEST 3 KM/...COUPLED WITH GRADUALLY
RECOVERING BOUNDARY LAYER AIR MASS...SUGGESTS POTENTIAL FOR
ISOLATED TORNADOES WITHIN LEWP CRESTS OR ALONG BOWS.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH.!  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23050.

...CORFIDI

;362,0931 332,0943 332,0964 362,0952;

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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.