Tornado Watch 855

Issued

Oct 18, 2004, 9:45 AM CDT (14:45 UTC)

Expired

Oct 18, 2004, 3:00 PM CDT

In force

5 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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• Mesoscale Discussion 2321Oct 18, 7:44 AM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 2323Oct 18, 11:29 AM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 2326Oct 18, 2:18 PM CDT

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WWUS20 KWNS 181443
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SPC WW 181445
ARZ000-MSZ000-TNZ000-182000-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 855
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
945 AM CDT MON OCT 18 2004

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

       SOUTHERN AND EASTERN ARKANSAS
       NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI
       SOUTHWESTERN TENNESSEE

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 945 AM UNTIL 300
PM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 50 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES WEST OF PINE BLUFF ARKANSAS TO 40
MILES NORTHEAST OF TUPELO 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.

DISCUSSION...VERY STRONG SHEAR PROFILES ACROSS AREA AS THUNDERSTORMS
CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG AN ENE-WSW AXIS ERN AR AND WRN TN. WITH
VERY MOIST/UNSTABLE AIR MASS FEEDING NEWD ON 40-50 KT LLJ POTENTIAL
FOR TORNADIC SUPERCELLS WILL INCREASE WATCH AREA AS MID LEVEL TROUGH
MOVES EWD ACROSS MID MS VALLEY.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24040.


...HALES

345,0925 352,0881 335,0881 332,0925

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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.