Tornado Watch #64

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 64
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
650 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

NORTHERN ARKANSAS
WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI
NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 650 PM UNTIL
200 AM CST.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 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 130 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF VICHY
MISSOURI TO 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FAYETTEVILLE ARKANSAS. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).

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 62. WATCH NUMBER 62 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 650
PM CST. CONTINUE...WW 63...

DISCUSSION...CLUSTERS OF STRONG/SEVERE STORMS OVER SOUTHERN MO WILL
CONTINUE TO POSE A THREAT OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND
ISOLATED TORNADOES THROUGH THE EVENING AS LOW LEVEL JET INTENSIFIES.
OTHER STORMS MAY FORM OVER NORTHEAST OK ALONG RETREATING
DRYLINE...SPREADING ACROSS NORTHERN AR LATER TONIGHT.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25035.


...HART