Severe Thunderstorm Watch 37

Issued

Mar 25, 2002, 4:00 PM CST (22:00 UTC)

Expired

Mar 25, 2002, 10:00 PM CST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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000 
WWUS20 KWNS 252128
SEL7  
SPC WW 252122
ARZ000-260400-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 37
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
322 PM CST MON MAR 25 2002

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

   CENTRAL ARKANSAS                           

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 400 PM UNTIL 1000
PM CST.

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

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 85 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PINE BLUFF
ARKANSAS TO 70 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF LITTLE ROCK ARKANSAS.

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 35...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
NUMBER 36.  WATCH NUMBER 35...36 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 400 PM
CST.

DISCUSSION...CONVECTION WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY
ACROSS WRN/CENTRAL AR IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS AS LARGE SCALE ASCENT
AHEAD OF APPROACHING SHORTWAVE TROUGH OVERRIDES WEAKLY CAPPED WARM
SECTOR.  STORMS SHOULD INITIATE ALONG AND AHEAD OF COLD FRONT AND
SURFACE LOW.  STRONG SHEAR WILL SUPPORT SUPERCELLS...AND A TORNADO
OR TWO COULD OCCUR NEAR THE LOW CENTER...THOUGH PRIMARY THREATS
WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.


AVIATION...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 25040.


...EVANS

333,0940 353,0931 353,0901 333,0910

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Arkansas, 2002Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2002

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.