Tornado Watch 32

Issued

Feb 24, 2001, 3:15 PM CST (21:15 UTC)

Expired

Feb 24, 2001, 9:00 PM CST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WWUS9 KMKC 242055
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ARZ000-LAZ000-TXZ000-250300-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 32
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
236 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2001

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

CENTRAL AND EASTERN ARKANSAS                           
NORTHERN LOUISIANA                          
EXTREME NORTHEAST TEXAS                              

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 315 PM UNTIL 900
PM CST.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 95 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 75 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SHREVEPORT LOUISIANA TO 35
MILES NORTHWEST OF WALNUT RIDGE 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...  CONTINUE...WW 30...WW 31...

DISCUSSION...LOW-LEVELS CONTINUE TO DESTABILIZE NWD ACROSS AR IN
ADVANCE OF THE SQUALL LINE IN NE TX AND WRN AR.  VERTICAL WIND
PROFILES ARE QUITE STRONG WITH 60-70 KT FLOW JUST ABOVE THE
SURFACE.  IT APPEARS THE STRONGER STORMS IN THE LINE WILL CONTINUE
TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. 
ADDITIONALLY... CONVECTION IS INCREASING E OF THE LINE...AND A FEW
OF THE STORMS IN THE LINE ARE DEVELOPING CELLULAR STRUCTURE.  GIVEN
THE STRONG LOW-LEVEL WIND SHEAR AND SURFACE-BASED CAPE VALUES
AROUND 1500-2000 J/KG...SUPERCELLS AND A FEW TORNADOES WILL BE
POSSIBLE.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 80 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOIPS TO 450. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23050.

...THOMPSON

;362,0900 320,0920 320,0944 362,0924;

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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.