Watch Discussion issued at 6:50 PM on May 18, 1995

Record Heat for the Intermountain West and Northern Plains; Heavy Rainfall and Severe Weather Threats

Record setting heat is expected over the next several days from the Intermountain West through the northern Plains. Furthermore, fire weather concerns increase with dry and breezy conditions. Meanwhile, heavy rainfall and severe thunderstorm threats for the Ohio/Tennessee Valleys, central Appalachians and Southeast today. The threat shifts to central Gulf Coast and across central Texas this week. Read More >

ZCZC MKCWWAMKC ALL 190200;341,0883 363,0870 363,0850 341,0863; WWUS8 KMKC 182350 MKC WW-A 182350 STATUS REPORT ON WW NUMBER 443 THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER CONTINUES SE OF A LN FM 40 W BNA TO 25 SW BWG. NMRS TORNADOES HAVE BEEN RPTD ACRS THIS RGN DURG THE PAST SVRL HRS. THE FIRE DEPT IN NORMANDY TN /45 SSE BNA/ WAS DSTRYD JUST BFR 2330Z AND THIS TORNADO WAS RPTD IN ERN COFFEE CNTY MOVG INTO WARREN CNTY AT 2335Z. MDL HODOGRAPHS INDC STG STM REL HELICITY NR 400 M2/S2 WITH A STM MVMT OF 260/40. LN OF SVR TSTMS ARE ALG/JUST AHD OF FNTL BNDRY MOVG ENEWD ACRS WRN PTNS OF WW. CONT VALID PTNS OF WW. ..MCCARTHY.. 05/18/95