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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 122

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

450 PM CDT Thu May 2 2019

 

 

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

 

 

* Tornado Watch for portions of

Far northeast Arkansas

Far southwest Kentucky

Far southeast Missouri

Northwest Tennessee

 

 

* Effective this Thursday afternoon and evening from 450 PM until

1000 PM CDT.

 

 

* Primary threats include...

A couple tornadoes possible

Isolated damaging wind gusts to 60 mph possible

 

 

SUMMARY...The threat for brief tornadoes may persist east-northeast

across the Mid-Mississippi Valley region for a few more hours as a

surface cyclone tracks along a quasi-stationary front.

 

 

The tornado watch area is approximately along and 60 statute miles

either side of a line from 25 miles east southeast of Dyersburg TN

to 30 miles west of Paducah KY.

 

 

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.