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Storm Prediction Center
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SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 23
WW 23 SEVERE TSTM AR MO MS TN 071355Z - 072000Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 23 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 755 AM CST Sat Mar 7 2026 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Central and Eastern Arkansas The Missouri Bootheel Northern Mississippi Western Tennessee * Effective this Saturday morning and afternoon from 755 AM until 200 PM CST. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible A tornado or two possible SUMMARY...Thunderstorm clusters will continue to move eastward this morning and early afternoon while posing a threat for mainly scattered damaging winds. Peak gusts may reach up to 60-70 mph, and a brief tornado or two may also occur. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 85 statute miles east and west of a line from 30 miles north of Dyersburg TN to 25 miles west southwest of Monticello AR. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3). PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A Severe Thunderstorm Watch means conditions are favorable for 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. Severe thunderstorms can and occasionally do produce tornadoes. && OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 22... AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector 27035. ...Gleason
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SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 23 Status Reports
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SPC Tornado Watch 22 Status Reports
WW 0022 Status Updates
STATUS REPORT ON WW 22 SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 30 SW ELD TO 45 SE PRX TO 10 NE DEQ TO 40 NW HOT TO 10 WSW RUE TO 25 ENE RUE TO 5 NNE FLP. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SEE MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0164 ..DEAN..03/07/26 ATTN...WFO...LZK...SHV... STATUS REPORT FOR WT 22 SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS ARC019-023-027-029-039-045-051-053-057-059-061-063-073-081-085- 091-097-099-103-105-109-119-125-133-137-141-145-071440- AR . ARKANSAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE CLARK CLEBURNE COLUMBIA CONWAY DALLAS FAULKNER GARLAND GRANT HEMPSTEAD HOT SPRING HOWARD INDEPENDENCE LAFAYETTE LITTLE RIVER LONOKE MILLER MONTGOMERY NEVADA OUACHITA PERRY PIKE PULASKI SALINE SEVIER STONE VAN BUREN WHITE LAC015-017-119-071440- LA . LOUISIANA PARISHES INCLUDED ARE
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SPC - No MDs are in effect as of Sat Mar 7 15:33:01 UTC 2026
No Mesoscale Discussions are in effect as of Sat Mar 7 15:33:01 UTC 2026. -
SPC Mar 7, 2026 1300 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook
SPC 1300Z Day 1 Outlook
Day 1 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0700 AM CST Sat Mar 07 2026 Valid 071300Z - 081200Z ...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS OF TEXAS INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY/MID-SOUTH...AND PORTIONS OF THE OHIO VALLEY INTO WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA/NEW YORK... ...SUMMARY... Scattered severe thunderstorms are likely today across parts of Ohio into West Virginia and western Pennsylvania/New York, and from portions of Texas into the lower Mississippi Valley and Mid-South. Damaging winds should be the main threat for most areas, but large hail may occur across parts of Texas, and a few tornadoes appear possible in the upper Ohio Valley. ...Ohio Valley into Western Pennsylvania/New York... A large-scale upper trough will continue to advance eastward today across the Midwest, Great Lakes, and OH Valley though the period. The primary surface low is forecast to develop northeastward into Ontario and Quebec through the day, while a trailing cold front moves quickly east-southeastward across the OH Valley and eventually PA/NY. Recent visible satellite imagery shows some clearing across central/eastern OH, and strong low-level warm moist advection associated with a 40-50+ kt low-level jet will aid in a gradual increase in low-level moisture ahead of ongoing convection across KY/southern IL into IN. While MLCAPE should only peak around 500-1000 J/kg ahead of the front by early afternoon, strong flow at low/mid-levels will aid thunderstorm clusters in producing scattered severe/damaging winds as they move quickly eastward across the upper OH Valley later today. The potential for a few line-embedded and/or supercell tornadoes is also apparent given sufficient low-level shear. This convection is forecast to weaken this evening as it moves into the higher terrain of the Appalachians and encounters a much less unstable airmass. ...Texas into the Lower Mississippi Valley/Mid-South... Extensive convection is ongoing this morning along/near a southeastward-moving cold front. Isolated damaging winds will remain possible this morning where short line segments/bows can stay ahead of the surging front. Current expectations are for an uptick in thunderstorm intensity to occur this afternoon as activity spreads southeastward into a gradually destabilizing airmass across the lower MS Valley/Mid-South. Scattered damaging winds along consolidating outflows should be the main threat for most areas this afternoon through early evening as low-level lapse rates steepen. But, some potential for supercells remains apparent across parts of TX, where steep mid-level lapse rates, greater MUCAPE, and modestly enhanced mid/upper-level flow and related deep-layer shear will support the potential for large hail. Even with the primary upper trough remaining to the north, some enhancement to the low-level winds persists, which may support a brief tornado threat in the short term. See Mesoscale Discussion 164 for more details on the near-term severe threat across AR and vicinity. ..Gleason/Dean.. 03/07/2026
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