SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 36

 

 

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SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 36

via SPC Tornado/Severe Thunderstorm Watches on 3/27/10

WW 36 SEVERE TSTM AR MO 272135Z - 280300Z

  URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 36 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 435 PM CDT SAT MAR 27 2010  THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF          CENTRAL AND EASTERN ARKANSAS        SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI  EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 435 PM UNTIL 1000 PM CDT.  HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.  THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES NORTH OF WEST PLAINS MISSOURI TO 35 MILES WEST OF MONTICELLO ARKANSAS.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).  REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.  DISCUSSION...WELL-DEFINED MID LEVEL TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE CYCLONE/COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EWD ACROSS MO/AR THROUGH LATE EVENING...WITH A BAND OF STRONG ASCENT FOCUSING THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT INVOF THE COLD FRONT.  STEEP LAPSE RATES AND COLD MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES...ALONG WITH A SUPERCELL WIND PROFILE...WILL SUPPORT STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL 

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