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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 179
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
425 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2012
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL AND EASTERN ARKANSAS
EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON FROM 425 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 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 75 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF
FLIPPIN ARKANSAS TO 15 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF EL DORADO
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.
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 177...WW 178...
DISCUSSION...PRE-FRONTAL BAND OF TSTMS IS IN THE PROCESS OF SLOWLY
INTENSIFYING THIS AFTERNOON AS IT ENCOUNTERS A MOIST...DESTABILIZING
AIR MASS WHERE MLCAPE HAS INCREASED TO AROUND 1000 J/KG. CURRENT
LITTLE ROCK VAD INDICATES THE PRESENCE OF STRONG WIND FIELD WITH 0-1
KM SRH OF 250-300 M2/S2. AS SUCH...THE POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR
EMBEDDED BOWING AND SUPERCELL STRUCTURES WITH AN ATTENDANT RISK FOR
DAMAGING WINDS AND A COUPLE TORNADOES.
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 25035.
...MEAD
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