Tornado Watch 57

Issued

Mar 30, 2002, 12:30 PM CST (18:30 UTC)

Expired

Mar 30, 2002, 6:00 PM CST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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WWUS20 KWNS 301811
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SPC WW 301807
TXZ000-310000-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 57
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1207 PM CST SAT MAR 30 2002

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

CENTRAL AND EAST TEXAS                              

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1230 PM UNTIL
600 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 50 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF COLLEGE STATION
TEXAS TO 60 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF LUFKIN 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.

DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS NOW ACROSS CENTRAL TX WILL INTENSIFY AND
MOVE NEWD...WHILE ADDITIONAL STORMS DEVELOP EWD DURING THE
AFTERNOON IN ADVANCE OF THE MID LEVEL LOW OVER W TX.  AN AREA OF
BACKED LOW-LEVEL WINDS BETWEEN ABOUT I-10 AND I-20 IS CO-LOCATED
WITH THE AXIS OF STRONGEST INSTABILITY AND GREATEST LOW-LEVEL DEW
POINTS...WHICH WILL SUPPORT A THREAT OF SUPERCELLS WITH LARGE
HAIL/DAMAGING WINDS AND A FEW TORNADOES.

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.


...THOMPSON

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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.