Post by SKYSUMMIT on Dec 27, 2015 22:03:02 GMT -6
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 573
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
955 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
EXTREME SOUTHERN ARKANSAS
MUCH OF LOUISIANA
WESTERN MISSISSIPPI
* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 955 PM
UNTIL 500 AM CST.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...A LINE OF STRONG TO OCCASIONALLY SEVERE STORMS IN WESTERN
LOUISIANA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD OVERNIGHT IN ASSOCIATION
WITH A COLD FRONT. A COUPLE OF TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
STORMS WITHIN AND AHEAD OF THE LINE...WHILE A FEW DAMAGING GUSTS
WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH STORMS IN THE LINE.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF EL
DORADO ARKANSAS TO 65 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT POLK LOUISIANA.
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).
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 572. WATCH NUMBER 572 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER
955 PM CST.
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 450.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22045.
...THOMPSON
