Tornado Watch 118

Issued

Apr 24, 2004, 12:10 PM CDT (17:10 UTC)

Expired

Apr 24, 2004, 8:00 PM CDT

In force

8 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 118
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1210 PM CDT SAT APR 24 2004

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

       CENTRAL AND EASTERN ARKANSAS
       SOUTHEAST MISSOURI INCLUDING THE BOOTHEEL

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1210 PM UNTIL
800 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 70 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF POPLAR BLUFF MISSOURI TO 60 MILES
SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF PINE BLUFF 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.

DISCUSSION...ISOLATED SUPERCELL HAS RECENTLY DEVELOPED OVER CENTRAL
AR.  THIS ACTIVITY IS DEVELOPING WITHIN AN INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE
ENVIRONMENT THAT WILL BECOME FAVORABLE FOR TORNADIC DEVELOPMENT AS
THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES.  OTHER SUPERCELLS SHOULD FORM IN THE NEXT
FEW HOURS...BEFORE SPREADING INTO PORTIONS OF SERN MO BY MID
AFTERNOON.

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 22030.


...DARROW/EVANS

370,0891 332,0910 332,0933 370,0914

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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.