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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 22

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1215 PM CDT FRI APR 3 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  FAR EASTERN ARKANSAS

  FAR SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS

  SOUTHERN INDIANA

  WESTERN AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY

  FAR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

  WESTERN AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE



* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1215 PM UNTIL

  900 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES LIKELY WITH A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL LIKELY WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS

    TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 80

    MPH POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JACKSON

TENNESSEE TO 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



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.



&&



DISCUSSION...TSTMS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND STRENGTH

WITH SFC HEATING ALONG AND AHEAD OF COLD FRONT NOW EXTENDING FROM SE

IL INTO NE AR. AIR MASS RECOVERY IN WAKE OF EARLIER MCV AND

CONTINUED INFLOW OF SEASONABLY WARM/MOIST AIR BENEATH

FAST...LOW-AMPLITUDE CYCLONIC FLOW EXPECTED TO FOSTER SCTD SUSTAINED

STORMS/SUPERCELLS GIVEN RELATIVELY MODEST LOW-LVL CONFLUENCE. SETUP

COULD SUPPORT ONE OR TWO STRONGER TORNADOES IN ADDITION TO LARGE

HAIL/DMGG WIND.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26040.





...CORFIDI

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 22

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1215 PM CDT FRI APR 3 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  FAR EASTERN ARKANSAS

  FAR SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS

  SOUTHERN INDIANA

  WESTERN AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY

  FAR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

  WESTERN AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE



* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1215 PM UNTIL

  900 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES LIKELY WITH A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL LIKELY WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS

    TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 80

    MPH POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JACKSON

TENNESSEE TO 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



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.



&&



DISCUSSION...TSTMS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND STRENGTH

WITH SFC HEATING ALONG AND AHEAD OF COLD FRONT NOW EXTENDING FROM SE

IL INTO NE AR. AIR MASS RECOVERY IN WAKE OF EARLIER MCV AND

CONTINUED INFLOW OF SEASONABLY WARM/MOIST AIR BENEATH

FAST...LOW-AMPLITUDE CYCLONIC FLOW EXPECTED TO FOSTER SCTD SUSTAINED

STORMS/SUPERCELLS GIVEN RELATIVELY MODEST LOW-LVL CONFLUENCE. SETUP

COULD SUPPORT ONE OR TWO STRONGER TORNADOES IN ADDITION TO LARGE

HAIL/DMGG WIND.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26040.





...CORFIDI

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