Severe Thunderstorm Watch 182

Issued

Apr 29, 2002, 3:00 PM CDT (20:00 UTC)

Expired

Apr 29, 2002, 8:00 PM CDT

In force

5 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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WWUS20 KWNS 291942
SEL2  
SPC WW 291934
ARZ000-MSZ000-300100-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 182
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
234 PM CDT MON APR 29 2002

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

   SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS                           
   NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI                        

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 300 PM UNTIL 800
PM CDT.

HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 60
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 50 STATUTE MILES
EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES WEST OF HOT SPRINGS ARKANSAS TO
5 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF GREENWOOD MISSISSIPPI.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR 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.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
TORNADOES.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REPLACES
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 181.  WATCH NUMBER 181 WILL NOT BE
IN EFFECT AFTER 300 PM CDT.

DISCUSSION...STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE REDEVELOPED OVER
PARTS OF CENTRAL AR TO THE NORTH OF THE SURFACE FRONT IN ZONE OF
WEAK LOW LEVEL WARM ADVECTION.  WIND FIELDS VEER AND INCREASE WITH
HEIGHT RESULTING IN STRONG DEEP LAYER SHEAR AND FAVORABLE
ENVIRONMENT FOR ELEVATED SUPERCELLS.  THE PRIMARY THREAT IS
EXPECTED TO BE LARGE HAIL...HOWEVER IF CELLS CAN DEVELOP FARTHER
SOUTH TOWARD THE FRONT AND BECOME SURFACE BASED...THREAT FOR STRING
WIND GUSTS WOULD INCREASE. 

ADDITIONAL WATCHES...STORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP NEAR THE FRONT FROM
SERN MS INTO THE FL PANHANDLE...AND THIS AREA IS BEING MONITORED
FOR SEVERE POTENTIAL AND A POSSIBLE WW.

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 2 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 50
KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.  MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 28035.


...WEISS

351,0931 341,0895 325,0901 334,0934

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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.