Tornado Watch 31

Issued

Mar 19, 2002, 3:30 PM CST (21:30 UTC)

Expired

Mar 19, 2002, 9:00 PM CST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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WWUS20 KWNS 192125
SEL1  
SPC WW 192122
TXZ000-200300-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 31
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
322 PM CST TUE MAR 19 2002

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR

   LARGE PART OF CENTRAL TEXAS                              

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 330 PM UNTIL 900
PM CST.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 90 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 75 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HONDO TEXAS TO 30 MILES NORTH
NORTHEAST OF STEPHENVILLE TEXAS.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND 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 TORNADO WATCH REPLACES SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 30.  WATCH NUMBER 30 WILL NOT BE IN
EFFECT AFTER 330 PM CST.

DISCUSSION...TORNADO THREAT SHOULD INCREASE INTO CENTRAL TX THROUGH
THE EVENING AS AIR MASS DESTABILIZES WITHIN STRONGLY SHEARED WIND
FIELD.  


AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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 23035.


...EVANS

283,1013 323,0993 323,0962 283,0983

Tornado Watches in Texas, 2002Every tornado watch in 2002

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.