URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 38
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1045 AM CST FRI FEB 18 2000

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

MUCH OF ARKANSAS
EXTREME NORTHEAST TEXAS

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 1100 AM UNTIL 400
PM CST.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 70 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF TEXARKANA ARKANSAS TO
100 MILES NORTHEAST OF LITTLE ROCK ARKANSAS.

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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 37. WATCH NUMBER 37 WILL NOT BE IN
EFFECT AFTER 1100 AM CST.

DISCUSSION...SCATTERED STRONG/SEVERE ARE INTENSIFYING ALONG SURFACE
COLD FRONT OVER WESTERN AR AND NORTHEAST TX. THESE STORMS ARE
FORECAST TO TRACK EASTWARD WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS. SHEAR PROFILES ARE ALSO MARGINALLY FAVORABLE FOR
ISOLATED TORNADOES.

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 24040.

...HART