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SEL8
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 258
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1055 AM CDT Fri Jun 5 2020
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Northeast and east central Arkansas
The Missouri Bootheel
Northern Mississippi
Western Tennessee
* Effective this Friday morning and evening from 1055 AM until
600 PM CDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
SUMMARY...A cluster of storms in the Missouri Bootheel will likely
continue through the afternoon while moving toward western
Tennessee, northern Mississippi and eastern Arkansas. Damaging
winds will be the main threat with multicell clusters/line segments,
though isolated large hail may also occur with the strongest
embedded storms.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 75
statute miles east and west of a line from 15 miles north northwest
of Dyersburg TN to 35 miles south of Oxford MS. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).
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.
&&
AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector
34025.
...Thompson
SEL8
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 258
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1055 AM CDT Fri Jun 5 2020
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Northeast and east central Arkansas
The Missouri Bootheel
Northern Mississippi
Western Tennessee
* Effective this Friday morning and evening from 1055 AM until
600 PM CDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
SUMMARY...A cluster of storms in the Missouri Bootheel will likely
continue through the afternoon while moving toward western
Tennessee, northern Mississippi and eastern Arkansas. Damaging
winds will be the main threat with multicell clusters/line segments,
though isolated large hail may also occur with the strongest
embedded storms.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 75
statute miles east and west of a line from 15 miles north northwest
of Dyersburg TN to 35 miles south of Oxford MS. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).
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.
&&
AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector
34025.
...Thompson
Note:
The Aviation Watch (SAW) product is an approximation to the watch area.
The actual watch is depicted by the shaded areas.
SAW8
WW 258 SEVERE TSTM AR MO MS TN 051555Z - 052300Z
AXIS..75 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF LINE..
15NNW DYR/DYERSBURG TN/ - 35S UOX/OXFORD MS/
..AVIATION COORDS.. 65NM E/W /14NW DYR - 45ENE SQS/
HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT..1.5 INCHES. WIND GUSTS..60 KNOTS.
MAX TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 34025.
LAT...LON 36188816 33878822 33879084 36189085
THIS IS AN APPROXIMATION TO THE WATCH AREA. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE WOUS64 KWNS
FOR WOU8.
Watch 258 Status Report Messages:
STATUS REPORT #1 ON WW 258
VALID 052000Z - 052140Z
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 50 SSW JBR
TO 40 NW MSL.
..MOSIER..06/05/20
ATTN...WFO...MEG...
&&
STATUS REPORT FOR WS 258
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
ARC077-107-123-052140-
AR
. ARKANSAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
LEE PHILLIPS ST. FRANCIS
$$
MSC003-009-013-017-027-033-057-071-081-093-095-107-115-117-119-
135-137-139-141-143-145-161-052140-
MS
. MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ALCORN BENTON CALHOUN
CHICKASAW COAHOMA DESOTO
ITAWAMBA LAFAYETTE LEE
MARSHALL MONROE PANOLA
PONTOTOC PRENTISS QUITMAN
TALLAHATCHIE TATE TIPPAH
TISHOMINGO TUNICA UNION
YALOBUSHA
$$
TNC109-052140-
TN
. TENNESSEE COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
MCNAIRY
$$
THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY. PLEASE
REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL
INFORMATION ON COUNTIES...INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES
CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
$$
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Tornadoes
Probability of 2 or more tornadoes
|
Low (<5%)
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Probability of 1 or more strong (EF2-EF5) tornadoes
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Low (<2%)
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Wind
Probability of 10 or more severe wind events
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Mod (50%)
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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
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Low (20%)
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Probability of 1 or more hailstones > 2 inches
|
Low (10%)
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Combined Severe Hail/Wind
Probability of 6 or more combined severe hail/wind events
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High (70%)
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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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