WW 25 TORNADO AR LA MS TN 182035Z – 190200Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 25
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
235 PM CST Wed Jan 18 2023
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Tornado Watch for portions of
Eastern Arkansas
Northern Louisiana
Western Mississippi
Southwest Tennessee
* Effective this Wednesday afternoon and evening from 235 PM
until 800 PM CST.
* Primary threats include...
A couple tornadoes possible
Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75
mph possible
SUMMARY...Broken line of showers and thunderstorms may reintensify
as it spreads across the Lower Mississippi Valley into early
evening, with an embedded tornado and damaging wind threat.
The tornado watch area is approximately along and 55 statute miles
east and west of a line from 40 miles northeast of Memphis TN to 55
miles west of Natchez MS. For a complete depiction of the watch see
the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).
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 24...
AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail
surface and aloft to 1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind
gusts to 65 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 400. Mean
storm motion vector 23035.
...Grams
