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MD 0732 CONCERNING TORNADO WATCH 226... FOR FAR NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...FAR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
Mesoscale Discussion 0732
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0821 PM CDT Mon May 25 2020
Areas affected...Far Northeast Oklahoma...Northwest Arkansas...Far
Southwest Missouri
Concerning...Tornado Watch 226...
Valid 260121Z - 260315Z
The severe weather threat for Tornado Watch 226 continues.
SUMMARY...An isolated tornado and wind damage threat will likely
continue for a few more hours. The storms will move northward toward
the edge of WW 226. Although weather watch issuance is not
anticipated to the north the current watch, the situation will
continue to be monitored.
DISCUSSION...The latest radar imagery shows a band of strong
thunderstorms located from far northeast Oklahoma extending
southeastward to near Fayettville, Arkansas. Isolated discrete cells
are ongoing to the north of the line with one having a history of
producing tornadoes just to the west of the
Arkansas-Missouri-Oklahoma state line intersection. The RAP
continues to show moderate deep-layer shear across northeast
Oklahoma and northwest Arkansas with 0-3 km storm relative
helicities estimated in the 200 to 250 m2/s2 range. The wind profile
continues to support a tornado threat with small supercells that
develop to the northeast of the northwest-to-southeast band of
storms. A wind damage threat will also be possible with supercells
and with this band as well.
..Broyles/Guyer.. 05/26/2020
...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov for graphic product...
ATTN...WFO...LZK...SGF...TSA...ICT...
LAT...LON 37149489 37119523 36959530 36709533 36529525 36389492
36119425 35709384 35189361 35029336 35399300 36369309
36699347 37079437 37149489
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Updated 25 May 2020 | 8:22 pm