Tornado Watch 813

Issued

Nov 23, 2001, 11:00 PM CST (05:00 UTC)

Expired

Nov 24, 2001, 3:00 AM CST

In force

4 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WWUS20 KWNS 240450
SEL3  
SPC WW 240445
ARZ000-MOZ000-240900-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 813
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1045 PM CST FRI NOV 23 2001

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

   MUCH OF ARKANSAS                           
   SOUTHERN MISSOURI                           

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 1100 PM UNTIL
300 AM CST.

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 15 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF EL DORADO ARKANSAS TO 50
MILES NORTH OF WEST PLAINS MISSOURI.

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 811...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 812.  WATCH NUMBER 811...812 WILL
NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 1100 PM CST.

DISCUSSION...INTENSE SQUALL LINE AND ISOLATED SUPERCELLS AHEAD OF
LINE WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK EASTWARD ACROSS MUCH OF AR AND SOUTHERN
MO.  SHEAR PROFILES REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES...AS
WELL AS DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL.  STORMS MAY BEGIN TO SLOWLY WEAKEN
BY 3AM CST AS ACTIVITY MOVES INTO MORE STABLE LOW LEVEL AIRMASS.

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 24040.

...HART

372,0902 330,0912 330,0940 372,0931

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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.