Tornado Watch 47

Issued

Mar 9, 2006, 1:36 AM CST (07:36 UTC)

Expired

Mar 9, 2006, 7:02 AM CST

In force

5 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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• Mesoscale Discussion 202Mar 9, 1:57 AM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 204Mar 9, 6:10 AM CST

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WWUS20 KWNS 090737
SEL7  
SPC WW 090737
ARZ000-TXZ000-091400-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 47
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
135 AM CST THU MAR 9 2006

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

       CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS
       FAR NORTHEASTERN TEXAS

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING FROM 135 AM UNTIL 800 AM CST.

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 APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF LITTLE ROCK
ARKANSAS TO 30 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF EL DORADO ARKANSAS.  FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).

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 44...WW 45...WW 46...

DISCUSSION...A SERIES OF BOW ECHOES WILL LIKELY SPREAD EWD ACROSS WW
THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING WITH SUBSTANTIAL SHEAR SUPPORTING
SUPERCELLS BOTH AHEAD OF AND WITH THESE QUASI-LINEAR CONVECTIVE
SYSTEMS.  AIR MASS IS EXPECTED TO DESTABILIZE THROUGH THE NIGHT AS
COOLING ALOFT AND DEEP ASCENT OVERSPREAD THE REGION...FURTHER
ENHANCING THE SEVERE THREAT.  THOUGH DAMAGING WINDS MAY BECOME
PRIMARY SEVERE CONCERN...A FEW TORNADOES ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY
EXTENDING E-W ACROSS CENTRAL AR NEAR I-40.

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 500.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26040.


...EVANS

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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.