WW 47 TORNADO AR IL IN KY MO TN 142225Z – 150500Z
URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 47
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
525 PM CDT Thu Mar 14 2024
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Tornado Watch for portions of
Northeast Arkansas
Southern Illinois
Southwest Indiana
Western Kentucky
Southeast Missouri
Northwest Tennessee
* Effective this Thursday afternoon from 525 PM until Midnight
CDT.
* Primary threats include…
A couple tornadoes possible
Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts
to 80 mph possible
Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
inches in diameter possible
SUMMARY…A fast-moving line of thunderstorms over southern Missouri
will track eastward through the late afternoon and evening, posing a
risk of damaging winds gusts and hail. A few tornadoes are also
possible.
The tornado watch area is approximately along and 60 statute miles
north and south of a line from 15 miles north northwest of Walnut
Ridge AR to 15 miles east southeast of Owensboro KY. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).
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.
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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION…CONTINUE…WW 42…WW 43…WW 44…WW
45…WW 46…
AVIATION…Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail
surface and aloft to 2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind
gusts to 70 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean
storm motion vector 26040.
…Hart
