Severe Thunderstorm Watch 34

Issued

Mar 24, 2002, 9:15 PM CST (03:15 UTC)

Expired

Mar 25, 2002, 3:00 AM CST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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WWUS20 KWNS 250317
SEL4  
SPC WW 250313
ARZ000-MOZ000-OKZ000-250900-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 34
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
913 PM CST SUN MAR 24 2002

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

   NORTHWEST ARKANSAS                           
   SOUTHERN MISSOURI                           
   NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA                           

EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 915 PM UNTIL
300 AM CST.

HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 60
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 85 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES SOUTH OF MUSKOGEE OKLAHOMA TO
25 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF FORT LEONARD WOOD MISSOURI.

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.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
TORNADOES.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REPLACES
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 33.  WATCH NUMBER 33 WILL NOT BE
IN EFFECT AFTER 915 PM CST.

DISCUSSION...SEVERE THREAT EXPECTED TO CONTINUE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS
OVER WW REGION...WITH STRONGEST SUEPRCELL STORMS LIKELY TO TRACK
GENERALLY EWD ALONG AND N OF SHALLOW BOUNDARY OVER ERN OK.  MORE
ELEVATED ACTIVITY SHOULD CONTINUE FARTHER N INTO MO/NW AR.     

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 2 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 50
KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.  MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 25045.

...CORFIDI

375,0905 345,0935 345,0965 375,0940

WWUS20 KWNS 250317
SEL4  
SPC WW 250313
ARZ000-MOZ000-OKZ000-250900-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 34
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
913 PM CST SUN MAR 24 2002

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

   NORTHWEST ARKANSAS                           
   SOUTHERN MISSOURI                           
   NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA                           

EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 915 PM UNTIL
300 AM CST.

HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 60
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 85 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES SOUTH OF MUSKOGEE OKLAHOMA TO
25 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF FORT LEONARD WOOD MISSOURI.

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.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
TORNADOES.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REPLACES
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 33.  WATCH NUMBER 33 WILL NOT BE
IN EFFECT AFTER 915 PM CST.

DISCUSSION...SEVERE THREAT EXPECTED TO CONTINUE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS
OVER WW REGION...WITH STRONGEST SUEPRCELL STORMS LIKELY TO TRACK
GENERALLY EWD ALONG AND N OF SHALLOW BOUNDARY OVER ERN OK.  MORE
ELEVATED ACTIVITY SHOULD CONTINUE FARTHER N INTO MO/NW AR.     

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 2 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 50
KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.  MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 25045.

...CORFIDI

375,0905 345,0935 345,0965 375,0940

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.