Severe Thunderstorm Watch 113

Issued

Mar 25, 2000, 1:30 PM CST (19:30 UTC)

Expired

Mar 25, 2000, 8:00 PM CST

In force

7 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 113
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
101 PM CST SAT MAR 25 2000

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

   WESTERN AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS                           
   NORTHWEST LOUISIANA                          
   SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA                           
   NORTHEAST TEXAS                              

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 130 PM UNTIL 800
PM CST.

HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 105 STATUTE MILES
EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES SOUTH OF PARIS TEXAS TO 70
MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF FAYETTEVILLE ARKANSAS.

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.


DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON
AS SWLY LOW LEVEL FLOW DESTABILIZES AIR MASS IN THE WAKE OF MORNING
CONVECTION. SUPERCELLS ARE POSSIBLE...BUT MAIN THREATS ARE EXPECTED
TO BE FROM LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.


AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 3 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.  MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 28025.


...VESCIO

343,0913 315,0940 335,0964 363,0942

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.