Tornado Watch 49

Issued

Mar 9, 2006, 6:52 AM CST (12:52 UTC)

Expired

Mar 9, 2006, 1:00 PM CST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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• Mesoscale Discussion 204Mar 9, 6:10 AM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 205Mar 9, 10:30 AM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 206Mar 9, 10:34 AM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 207Mar 9, 11:05 AM CST

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 49
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
650 AM CST THU MAR 9 2006

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

       CENTRAL AND EASTERN ARKANSAS
       FAR WESTERN KENTUCKY
       FAR SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI
       FAR NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI
       WESTERN TENNESSEE

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 650 AM UNTIL
200 PM CST.

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 APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 100 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF
MONTICELLO ARKANSAS TO 65 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF DYERSBURG
TENNESSEE.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).

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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 46...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 47. WATCH
NUMBER 46 47 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 650 AM CST. CONTINUE...WW
48...

DISCUSSION...EXPECT SW-NE ORIENTED CORRIDOR FROM SWRN AR INTO THE
LOWER OH RIVER VALLEY WILL REMAIN ACTIVE TODAY FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG QUASI-STATIONARY OUTFLOW BOUNDARY AND AHEAD OF
EWD MOVING COLD FRONT. AIR MASS SOUTH AND EAST OF THIS BOUNDARY
WILL BECOME MODESTLY UNSTABLE WITH MORNING HEATING AS MLCAPE
INCREASES TO NEAR OR EXCEEDS 1000 J/KG.  AREA VWPS INDICATE SHEAR
REMAINS EXTREME AND WILL SUPPORT DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES FROM
FAST MOVING STORMS TODAY.

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 450.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25040.


...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.