Tornado Watch 299

Tornado Watch 299
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
ARKANSAS
SOUTHERN MISSOURI
NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 650 PM
UNTIL 200 AM CDT.
..THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...
DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 3 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 160 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF
FAYETTEVILLE ARKANSAS TO 70 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BATESVILLE
ARKANSAS. 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.
DISCUSSION...OUTBREAK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDING TORNADOES
SHOULD CONTINUE SPREADING ESEWD ACROSS WW OVERNIGHT AHEAD OF
UNSEASONABLY STRONG UPPER SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED MID/UPPER LEVEL JET.
AIR MASS IS MODERATE TO STRONGLY UNSTABLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF A WARM
FRONT EXTENDING FROM SWRN MO INTO CENTRAL AR/NRN MS EARLY THIS
EVENING WHICH WILL SUSTAIN INTENSE SUPERCELLS. IN ADDITION...LOW
LEVEL SHEAR REMAINS VERY STRONG AND WILL SUPPORT POTENTIAL FOR
SIGNIFICANT TORNADOES WITHIN THE WATCH AREA THROUGH LATE TONIGHT.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27035.
..EVANS
Tornado watch 299 is in effect until 200 am cdt for the following locations
Ms .,
Mississippi Counties Included Are:
Bolivar, Grenada, Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore, Sunflower, Washington.