Watch Discussion issued at 4:55 PM on May 18, 1995

Excessive Rainfall Potential for the Southeast; Heat Expands for Center of the Nation; Critical Fire Weather for Pacific Northwest

Flash flooding threatens areas from the Tennessee Valley to the Carolinas as storms repeat along a stalled front. Monsoonal storms may trigger flooding in the Southwest. Dangerous heat expands across the Desert Southwest, Plains, mid-Mississippi Valley and Southern Tier. Critical fire weather for interior Pacific Northwest. Cooler, drier air brings brief relief to the Great Lakes and Northeast. Read More >

ZCZC MKCWWAMKC ALL 190200;341,0883 363,0870 363,0850 341,0863; WWUS8 KMKC 182155 MKC WW-A 182155 STATUS REPORT ON WW NUMBER 443 SVRL SUPERCELLS WERE MOVG RGT OF THE MEAN FLO ACRS MIDDLE TN. ONE CELL WAS MOVG ACRS MARSHALL/WILLIAMSON CNTYS...AND ANOTHER WAS MOVG EWD ACRS NRN WAYNE CNTY. ETA MDL SNDG FCST VERY STG SPD SHEAR ACRS THIS AREA AND HELICITY VALUES ARND 325 FVRBL FOR STG ROTATION. WITH THE CELL MOVEMENT AS IT IS...HELICITY VALUES COMPARED TO THE MRNG RAOB IS 315. THIS ACTVTY IS ALSO OCRG AHD OF THE MAIN FNTL BNDRY ACRS WRN TN AND AMS AHD OF THE ACTVTY IS BTWN -5 AND -9. CONT WW. ..MCCARTHY.. 05/18/95