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

Tracking Major Hurricane Erin; Hot in the Mid-Mississippi Valley

Major Hurricane Erin is tracking just north of the lower Bahamas today. Dangerous surf and rip current threats increase this week for most of the Atlantic coastline. Erin's outerbands may impact the Outer Banks later this week. Hot to extremely hot temperatures are forecast today and Tuesday from a part of the southern Plains into the central to lower Mississippi River Valley. 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