Tornado Watch 271

Issued

Jun 9, 2014, 5:30 PM CDT (22:30 UTC)

Expired

Jun 10, 2014, 1:00 AM CDT

In force

8 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

1.5 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Two or more tornadoes

40%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

20%

Ten or more severe wind reports

60%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

10%

Ten or more severe hail reports

20%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

5%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

90%

• Mesoscale Discussion 921Jun 9, 1:54 PM CDT
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• Mesoscale Discussion 927Jun 9, 4:54 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 928Jun 9, 5:19 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 932Jun 9, 6:55 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 933Jun 9, 8:13 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 934Jun 9, 10:17 PM CDT

063 
WWUS20 KWNS 092237
SEL1  
SPC WW 092237
ALZ000-MSZ000-TNZ000-100600-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 271
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
535 PM CDT MON JUN 9 2014

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
  NORTHWEST ALABAMA
  NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI
  WESTERN AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE

* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 535 PM
  UNTIL 100 AM CDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY
  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 80 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF
NASHVILLE TENNESSEE TO 45 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TUPELO MISSISSIPPI. 
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 268. WATCH NUMBER 268 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER
535 PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 267...WW 269...WW 270...

DISCUSSION...NRN END OF N-S LWR MS VLY SQLN EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
ENEWD THROUGH LATE EVE...IN TANDEM WITH BAND OF 30-40 KT LOW TO
MID-TROPOSPHERIC SW FLOW IN SE QUADRANT OF KS-OK UPR LOW. THIS BAND
OF ENHANCED FLOW...COUPLED WITH HIGH PW AND SLIGHTLY-BACKED NEAR-SFC
WINDS INVOF DIFFUSE WARM FRONT/SFC TROUGH OVER NRN MS/WRN
TN...SUGGESTS SOME RISK FOR TORNADOES...BOTH WITH STORMS IN THE SQLN
AND THOSE FORMING AHEAD OF IT. LOCALLY DMGG WIND ALSO MAY OCCUR WITH
EMBEDDED LEWPS/SMALL BOWS IN THE LINE.

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
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22030.


...CORFIDI

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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.