Severe Thunderstorm Watch 82

Issued

Mar 10, 2000, 9:45 AM CST (15:45 UTC)

Expired

Mar 10, 2000, 3:00 PM CST

In force

5 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 82
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
916 AM CST FRI MAR 10 2000

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

   CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST TEXAS                              

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 945 AM UNTIL 300
PM CST.

HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 80 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TEMPLE TEXAS TO
75 MILES NORTHEAST OF DALLAS TEXAS.

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.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REPLACES
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 81.  WATCH NUMBER 81 WILL NOT BE
IN EFFECT AFTER 945 AM CST.

DISCUSSION...THREAT FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL INCREASE
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS UPPER TROUGH APPROACHES THE AREA. AIR MASS
IS DESTABILIZING RAPIDLY AS WARM FRONT RETREATS NWD. AREA WILL BE
MONITORED FOR A POSSIBLE UPGRADE TO TORNADO WATCH THIS AFTERNOON.


AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 2 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70
KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550.  MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 26030.


...VESCIO

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Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Texas, 2000Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2000

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.