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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 226
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
615 PM CDT Mon May 25 2020
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Tornado Watch for portions of
Western Arkansas
Eastern Oklahoma
* Effective this Monday night from 615 PM until Midnight CDT.
* Primary threats include...
A couple tornadoes possible
Isolated damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible
SUMMARY...The potential will exist through the early/mid-evening
hours for a tornado or two across the region.
The tornado watch area is approximately along and 50 statute miles
east and west of a line from 20 miles east northeast of Grove OK to
50 miles south southeast of Poteau OK. For a complete depiction of
the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS
WOU6).
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.
&&
AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail
surface and aloft to 0.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind
gusts to 55 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean
storm motion vector 17020.
...Guyer
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The actual watch is depicted by the shaded areas.
SAW6
WW 226 TORNADO AR OK 252315Z - 260500Z
AXIS..50 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF LINE..
20ENE GMJ/GROVE OK/ - 50SSE RKR/POTEAU OK/
..AVIATION COORDS.. 45NM E/W /31NNW RZC - 52NNW TXK/
HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT..0.5 INCH. WIND GUSTS..55 KNOTS.
MAX TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 17020.
LAT...LON 36729350 34349341 34349516 36729531
THIS IS AN APPROXIMATION TO THE WATCH AREA. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE WOUS64 KWNS
FOR WOU6.
Watch 226 Status Report Messages:
STATUS REPORT #2 ON WW 226
VALID 260300Z - 260440Z
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 25 NW HOT TO
15 ESE FYV TO 20 SSE GMJ TO 35 ESE BVO.
..BROYLES..05/26/20
ATTN...WFO...TSA...LZK...
&&
STATUS REPORT FOR WT 226
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
ARC007-015-087-260440-
AR
. ARKANSAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
BENTON CARROLL MADISON
$$
THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY. PLEASE
REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL
INFORMATION ON COUNTIES...INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES
CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
$$
STATUS REPORT #1 ON WW 226
VALID 260030Z - 260140Z
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 30 NE DEQ TO
10 NE FSM TO 10 NNE MKO.
..BROYLES..05/26/20
ATTN...WFO...TSA...LZK...
&&
STATUS REPORT FOR WT 226
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
ARC007-015-033-047-071-083-087-097-127-143-149-260140-
AR
. ARKANSAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
BENTON CARROLL CRAWFORD
FRANKLIN JOHNSON LOGAN
MADISON MONTGOMERY SCOTT
WASHINGTON YELL
$$
OKC001-021-035-041-097-115-260140-
OK
. OKLAHOMA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ADAIR CHEROKEE CRAIG
DELAWARE MAYES OTTAWA
$$
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
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Mod (30%)
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Probability of 1 or more strong (EF2-EF5) tornadoes
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Low (5%)
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Wind
Probability of 10 or more severe wind events
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Low (20%)
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Probability of 1 or more wind events > 65 knots
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Low (<5%)
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Hail
Probability of 10 or more severe hail events
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Low (<5%)
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Probability of 1 or more hailstones > 2 inches
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Low (<5%)
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Combined Severe Hail/Wind
Probability of 6 or more combined severe hail/wind events
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Mod (40%)
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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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