Tornado Watch 262

Issued

May 20, 2001, 11:00 PM CDT (04:00 UTC)

Expired

May 21, 2001, 3:00 AM CDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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MKC WW 210333
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 262
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1033 PM CDT SUN MAY 20 2001

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

   NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS                           
   EXTREME EASTERN OKLAHOMA                           

EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 1100 PM UNTIL
300 AM CDT.

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

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 80 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTH OF MUSKOGEE OKLAHOMA TO 65
MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF LITTLE ROCK 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 258...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 260.  WATCH NUMBER 258...260 WILL
NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 1100 PM CDT.  CONTINUE...WW 259...WW 261...

DISCUSSION...BAND OF SEVERE STORMS IS MOVING INTO CENTRAL
AR...WHILE NEW SEVERE CELLS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER ERN OK.  STORMS
WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ALONG AND NORTH OF OLD OUTFLOW BOUNDARY IN
RESPONSE TO SHORT WAVE TROUGH MOVING INTO THE PLAINS.  WIND
PROFILES FROM DQU AND MEM ARE MAINTAINING VEERING WITH HEIGHT
SUGGESTING POTENTIAL FOR SUPERCELLS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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 24035.


...WEISS

;335,0911 341,0952 363,0952 361,0911;

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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.