Severe Thunderstorm Watch 252

Issued

Jun 3, 2010, 2:12 PM CDT (19:12 UTC)

Expired

Jun 3, 2010, 8:00 PM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

1.5 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Two or more tornadoes

5%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

2%

Ten or more severe wind reports

20%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

20%

Ten or more severe hail reports

30%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

20%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

60%

• Mesoscale Discussion 785Jun 3, 12:58 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 789Jun 3, 5:20 PM CDT

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WWUS20 KWNS 031917
SEL2
SPC WW 031917
ARZ000-KYZ000-MOZ000-MSZ000-TNZ000-040100-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 252
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
215 PM CDT THU JUN 3 2010

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

       NORTHEASTERN ARKANSAS
       SOUTHERN KENTUCKY
       MISSOURI BOOTHEEL
       FAR NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI
       WESTERN AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 215 PM UNTIL
800 PM CDT.

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

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES SOUTH
SOUTHWEST OF JONESBORO ARKANSAS TO 30 MILES EAST OF BOWLING GREEN
KENTUCKY.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY
DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 250...WW 251...

DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG A ZONE OF WEAK
CONVERGENCE IN NERN AR/WRN TN AND ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP NEWD INTO
SRN KY. STRONG INSTABILITY COMBINED WITH STRONGER WINDS ALOFT WILL
LIKELY RESULT IN STORMS WITH SEVERE HAIL...LOCALIZED DOWNBURSTS AND
HEAVY RAINFALL.

AVIATION...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 500. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 29010.


...IMY

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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.