Tornado Watch Issued

Note there is a "high" risk of tornadoes and a "moderate" risk of strong tornadoes along with a high risk of damaging thunderstorm straight winds.

The first tornado warning of the day has already been issued (it near Mena, Arkansas).

I no longer live-blog storms. Please have two independent sources for storm warnings such as weather radio and the AccuWeather app. I also tweet some storm coverage @usweatherexpert .