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SEL7
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 147
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
830 PM CDT Fri Apr 24 2020
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Arkansas
Northern Louisiana
* Effective this Friday night and Saturday morning from 830 PM
until 200 AM CDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 65 mph likely
Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
inches in diameter possible
A tornado or two possible
SUMMARY...Clusters of strong to severe thunderstorms from northwest
Arkansas through northeast Texas and northwest Louisiana will spread
east tonight. The risk for mainly damaging winds and large hail
should continue through the rest of this evening, before diminishing
by early morning.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
statute miles east and west of a line from 60 miles west northwest
of Batesville AR to 50 miles south southwest of Monroe LA. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
&&
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 145...WW 146...
AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 55 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
27035.
...Grams
SEL7
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 147
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
830 PM CDT Fri Apr 24 2020
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Arkansas
Northern Louisiana
* Effective this Friday night and Saturday morning from 830 PM
until 200 AM CDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 65 mph likely
Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
inches in diameter possible
A tornado or two possible
SUMMARY...Clusters of strong to severe thunderstorms from northwest
Arkansas through northeast Texas and northwest Louisiana will spread
east tonight. The risk for mainly damaging winds and large hail
should continue through the rest of this evening, before diminishing
by early morning.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
statute miles east and west of a line from 60 miles west northwest
of Batesville AR to 50 miles south southwest of Monroe LA. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
&&
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 145...WW 146...
AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 55 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
27035.
...Grams
Note:
The Aviation Watch (SAW) product is an approximation to the watch area.
The actual watch is depicted by the shaded areas.
SAW7
WW 147 SEVERE TSTM AR LA 250130Z - 250700Z
AXIS..60 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF LINE..
60WNW BVX/BATESVILLE AR/ - 50SSW MLU/MONROE LA/
..AVIATION COORDS.. 50NM E/W /73E RZC - 36NNE AEX/
HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT..2 INCHES. WIND GUSTS..55 KNOTS.
MAX TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27035.
LAT...LON 36059157 31859133 31859338 36059372
THIS IS AN APPROXIMATION TO THE WATCH AREA. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE WOUS64 KWNS
FOR WOU7.
Watch 147 Status Report Messages:
STATUS REPORT #2 ON WW 147
VALID 250425Z - 250540Z
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 30 NW IER TO
25 S ELD TO 45 NE TXK TO 10 NNE HOT TO 45 N LIT TO 20 ESE FLP.
..GOSS..04/25/20
ATTN...WFO...LZK...JAN...SHV...
&&
STATUS REPORT FOR WS 147
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
ARC001-003-011-013-017-023-025-039-041-043-045-053-063-067-069-
079-085-095-103-117-119-125-139-145-147-250540-
AR
. ARKANSAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ARKANSAS ASHLEY BRADLEY
CALHOUN CHICOT CLEBURNE
CLEVELAND DALLAS DESHA
DREW FAULKNER GRANT
INDEPENDENCE JACKSON JEFFERSON
LINCOLN LONOKE MONROE
OUACHITA PRAIRIE PULASKI
SALINE UNION WHITE
WOODRUFF
$$
LAC013-021-035-041-043-049-059-061-065-067-069-073-081-083-107-
111-123-127-250540-
LA
. LOUISIANA PARISHES INCLUDED ARE
BIENVILLE CALDWELL EAST CARROLL
FRANKLIN GRANT JACKSON
LA SALLE LINCOLN MADISON
MOREHOUSE NATCHITOCHES OUACHITA
RED RIVER RICHLAND TENSAS
UNION WEST CARROLL WINN
$$
THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY. PLEASE
REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL
INFORMATION ON COUNTIES...INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES
CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
$$
STATUS REPORT #1 ON WW 147
VALID 250325Z - 250440Z
THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES ACROSS THE ENTIRE WATCH AREA.
..GOSS..04/25/20
ATTN...WFO...LZK...JAN...SHV...
&&
STATUS REPORT FOR WS 147
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
ARC001-003-009-011-013-017-025-029-039-041-043-045-053-069-071-
079-083-085-089-101-103-105-115-119-125-129-139-141-149-
250440-
AR
. ARKANSAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ARKANSAS ASHLEY BOONE
BRADLEY CALHOUN CHICOT
CLEVELAND CONWAY DALLAS
DESHA DREW FAULKNER
GRANT JEFFERSON JOHNSON
LINCOLN LOGAN LONOKE
MARION NEWTON OUACHITA
PERRY POPE PULASKI
SALINE SEARCY UNION
VAN BUREN YELL
$$
LAC013-021-027-035-041-049-061-065-067-069-073-081-083-107-111-
123-127-250440-
LA
. LOUISIANA PARISHES INCLUDED ARE
BIENVILLE CALDWELL CLAIBORNE
EAST CARROLL FRANKLIN JACKSON
LINCOLN MADISON MOREHOUSE
NATCHITOCHES OUACHITA RED RIVER
RICHLAND TENSAS UNION
WEST CARROLL WINN
$$
THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY. PLEASE
REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL
INFORMATION ON COUNTIES...INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES
CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
$$
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Tornadoes
Probability of 2 or more tornadoes
|
Low (20%)
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Probability of 1 or more strong (EF2-EF5) tornadoes
|
Low (10%)
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Wind
Probability of 10 or more severe wind events
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Mod (60%)
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Probability of 1 or more wind events > 65 knots
|
Low (20%)
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Hail
Probability of 10 or more severe hail events
|
Mod (50%)
|
Probability of 1 or more hailstones > 2 inches
|
Mod (40%)
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Combined Severe Hail/Wind
Probability of 6 or more combined severe hail/wind events
|
High (90%)
|
For each watch, probabilities for particular events inside the watch
(listed above in each table) are determined by the issuing forecaster.
The "Low" category contains probability values ranging from less than 2%
to 20% (EF2-EF5 tornadoes), less than 5% to 20% (all other probabilities),
"Moderate" from 30% to 60%, and "High" from 70% to greater than 95%.
High values are bolded and lighter in color to provide awareness of
an increased threat for a particular event.
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