Tornado Watch 795

Issued

Sep 23, 2006, 12:59 AM CDT (05:59 UTC)

Expired

Sep 23, 2006, 9:00 AM CDT

In force

8 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

1 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

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Two or more tornadoes

40%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

20%

Ten or more severe wind reports

30%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

10%

Ten or more severe hail reports

30%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

5%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

70%

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WWUS20 KWNS 230600
SEL5  
SPC WW 230600
ARZ000-KYZ000-MOZ000-TNZ000-231400-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 795
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
100 AM CDT SAT SEP 23 2006

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

       NORTHERN ARKANSAS
       SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY
       SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
       WEST AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING FROM 100 AM UNTIL 900 AM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 40 STATUTE
MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES SOUTH OF HARRISON
ARKANSAS TO 15 MILES NORTH OF LONDON KENTUCKY. FOR A COMPLETE
DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).

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 TORNADO
WATCH NUMBER 792...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 793. WATCH NUMBER 792 793
WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 100 AM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 794...

DISCUSSION...BANDS OF STORMS EXPECTED TO TRAIN ALONG COMPOSITE
OUTFLOW BNDRY ORIENTED WSW/ENE FROM NRN AR TO E CNTRL KY.  BNDRY
EXPECTED TO REMAIN MORE OR LESS STATIONARY THROUGH LATER THIS
MORNING.  ENVIRONMENT OF STRONG LOW TO MID LEVEL SHEAR WITH HIGH
BOUNDARY LAYER DEWPOINTS WILL PERSIST AND MAY SUPPORT EMBEDDED
ROTATING STORMS WITH ISOLATED TORNADOES.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25035.


...CORFIDI

Tornado Watches in Kentucky, 2006Tornado Watches in Tennessee, 2006Tornado Watches in Arkansas, 2006Every tornado watch in 2006

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.