Tornado Watch 800

Issued

Oct 24, 2001, 5:00 PM CDT (22:00 UTC)

Expired

Oct 24, 2001, 10:00 PM CDT

In force

5 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 800
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
447 PM CDT WED OCT 24 2001

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

   EASTERN AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS                           
   WESTERN AND NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI                        

EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 500 PM UNTIL
1000 PM 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 EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF EL DORADO ARKANSAS TO 45
MILES NORTH OF OXFORD MISSISSIPPI.

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 797...WW 798...WW 799...

DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING SWD ALONG PRE-FRONTAL
GRAVITY WAVE OVER ERN AR ATTM.  THIS ACTIVITY HAS ACCESS TO SBCAEP
IN EXCESS OF 2000 J/KG.  DEEP WLY SHEAR ACROSS REGION WILL REMAIN
AOA 40 KTS.  GIVEN THAT THE CELLS ARE DEVELOPING AHEAD OF STRONG
LINEAR FORCING OF COLD FRONT W OF WAVE...THEY MAY REMAIN DISCRETE
FOR SOME TIME.  THIS COULD ENHANCE THREAT FOR TORNADOES DESPITE
ONSET OF NIGHTFALL AND LIFTING OF STRONGEST MESOSCALE PRESSURE FALL
CENTER N OF THE OH RIVER.      

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 550. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26040.

...CORFIDI

350,0880 325,0904 325,0932 350,0905

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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.