URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 582
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1200 PM CST SAT DEC 21 2013
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
EASTERN ARKANSAS
WESTERN MISSISSIPPI
WESTERN TENNESSEE
* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM NOON UNTIL
800 PM CST.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SEVERAL INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF
GREENVILLE MISSISSIPPI TO 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF DYERSBURG
TENNESSEE. 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.
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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 580...WW 581...
DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY THIS AFTERNOON
WHILE MOVING RAPIDLY NORTHEAST ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. WHILE
INSTABILITY WILL REMAIN WEAK...THE PRESENCE OF A VERY STRONG WIND
FIELD WILL SUPPORT SUPERCELL AND BOWING STRUCTURES WITH A RISK FOR
TORNADOES --SOME SIGNIFICANT-- AND CORRIDORS OF WIND DAMAGE.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
400. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22050.