Tornado Watch 36

Issued

Feb 16, 2006, 5:13 PM CST (23:13 UTC)

Expired

Feb 16, 2006, 11:24 PM CST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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• Mesoscale Discussion 151Feb 16, 4:55 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 152Feb 16, 5:59 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 153Feb 16, 7:35 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 154Feb 16, 8:04 PM CST

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WWUS20 KWNS 162313
SEL6  
SPC WW 162313
ARZ000-ILZ000-INZ000-KYZ000-MOZ000-MSZ000-TNZ000-170700-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 36
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
515 PM CST THU FEB 16 2006

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

       NORTHEAST ARKANSAS
       EXTREME SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS
       EXTREME SOUTHERN INDIANA
       WESTERN KENTUCKY
       THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL
       EXTREME NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
       NORTHWEST TENNESSEE

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 515 PM
UNTIL 100 AM CST.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF PINE BLUFF
ARKANSAS TO 45 MILES NORTHEAST OF EVANSVILLE INDIANA.  FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).

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...CONTINUE...WW 33...WW 34...WW 35...

DISCUSSION...BROKEN LINE OF SEVERE STORMS WILL CONTINUE EWD IN
ASSOCIATION WITH A STRONG COLD FRONT.  THOUGH INSTABILITY IS
SOMEWHAT MARGINAL EAST OF THE ONGOING STORMS...VERTICAL SHEAR IS
QUITE STRONG AND FAVORABLE FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF A FEW DISCRETE
SUPERCELLS WITHIN THE LARGER LINE OF STORMS.  GIVEN THE DEGREE OF
LOW-LEVEL SHEAR...A COUPLE OF TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE
MORE INTENSE STORMS.  OTHERWISE...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS CAN
BE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27035.


...THOMPSON

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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.