Tornado Watch 9

Issued

Feb 2, 2016, 12:22 PM CST (18:22 UTC)

Expired

Feb 2, 2016, 9:00 PM CST

In force

9 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

1 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Two or more tornadoes

50%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

20%

Ten or more severe wind reports

50%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

10%

Ten or more severe hail reports

10%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

5%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

80%

• Mesoscale Discussion 72Feb 2, 9:54 AM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 73Feb 2, 10:41 AM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 76Feb 2, 1:43 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 79Feb 2, 5:31 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 80Feb 2, 6:13 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 83Feb 2, 8:50 PM CST

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WWUS20 KWNS 021820
SEL9  
SPC WW 021820
ARZ000-ILZ000-KYZ000-MOZ000-MSZ000-TNZ000-030100-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 9
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1220 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
  EASTERN ARKANSAS
  SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
  WESTERN KENTUCKY
  SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
  NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI
  WESTERN TENNESSEE

* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1220 PM UNTIL
  700 PM CST.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
  A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE
  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

SUMMARY...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO EVOLVE
ACROSS THE AREA OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  STORMS CAPABLE OF DAMAGING
WINDS AND A FEW TORNADOES CAN BE EXPECTED.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF
OWENSBORO KENTUCKY TO 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREENWOOD
MISSISSIPPI.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).

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.

&&

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 400.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22045.


...GOSS

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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.