SPC Tornado Watch 122
SPC Tornado Watch 122
[html]WW 122 TORNADO AR MO MS TN 131835Z - 140200Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 122
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
135 PM CDT Wed Apr 13 2022
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Tornado Watch for portions of
Eastern Arkansas
The Missouri Bootheel
Northern Mississippi
Western Tennessee
* Effective this Wednesday afternoon and evening from 135 PM
until 900 PM CDT.
* Primary threats include...
Several tornadoes likely with a couple intense tornadoes
possible
Widespread damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75
mph likely
Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
inches in diameter possible
SUMMARY...A broken band of storms in Arkansas will continue to
spread eastward toward northern Mississippi and western Tennessee
through the afternoon/evening, with isolated supercell development
possible ahead of the ongoing Arkansas storms. A mix of
clusters/line segments and supercells support all severe hazards,
including the potential for a couple of strong tornadoes, corridors
of damaging winds to 75 mph, and isolated large hail.
The tornado watch area is approximately along and 85 statute miles
east and west of a line from 35 miles north of Dyersburg TN to 50
miles southwest of Oxford MS. For a co*plete depiction of the watch
see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).
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.
&&
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...c*NTINUE...WW 120...WW 121...
AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail
surface and aloft to 2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind
gusts to 65 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean
storm motion vector 23040.
...Thompson
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Source: SPC Tornado Watch 122 (http://ht**://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0122.html)