Tornado Watch 58

Issued

Mar 30, 2002, 1:00 PM CST (19:00 UTC)

Expired

Mar 30, 2002, 6:00 PM CST

In force

5 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

000 
WWUS20 KWNS 301848
SEL8  
SPC WW 301842
TXZ000-310000-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 58
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1242 PM CST SAT MAR 30 2002

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

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST TEXAS                              

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 100 PM UNTIL 600
PM CST.

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

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 120 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF DALLAS TEXAS TO 50 MILES
EAST OF WACO 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...  CONTINUE...WW 57...

DISCUSSION...SEVERE STORMS NEAR AND SE OF WACO WILL SPREAD NEWD
INTO THE SRN PART OF WW 58 DURING THE NEXT HOUR...WITH THE THREAT
OF LARGE HAIL AND A COUPLE OF TORNADOES AS THE STORM INTERACT WITH
AN E-W ORIENTED SURFACE FRONT.  FARTHER NW...SURFACE HEATING/
DESTABILIZATION BENEATH THE MID LEVEL DRY SLOT SHOULD SUPPORT THE
DEVELOPMENT OF SURFACE-BASED STORMS IN THE NEXT 1-2 HOURS IN THE
AREA W/SW OF FTW.  MODERATE INSTABILITY AND ELY LOW-LEVEL FLOW/
ENHANCED SHEAR MAY SUPPORT AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO ACROSS THIS
AREA...IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL WITH COLD MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 21025.


...THOMPSON

331,0945 313,0942 313,0982 331,0990

WWUS20 KWNS 301848
SEL8  
SPC WW 301842
TXZ000-310000-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 58
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1242 PM CST SAT MAR 30 2002

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

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST TEXAS                              

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 100 PM UNTIL 600
PM CST.

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

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 120 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF DALLAS TEXAS TO 50 MILES
EAST OF WACO 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...  CONTINUE...WW 57...

DISCUSSION...SEVERE STORMS NEAR AND SE OF WACO WILL SPREAD NEWD
INTO THE SRN PART OF WW 58 DURING THE NEXT HOUR...WITH THE THREAT
OF LARGE HAIL AND A COUPLE OF TORNADOES AS THE STORM INTERACT WITH
AN E-W ORIENTED SURFACE FRONT.  FARTHER NW...SURFACE HEATING/
DESTABILIZATION BENEATH THE MID LEVEL DRY SLOT SHOULD SUPPORT THE
DEVELOPMENT OF SURFACE-BASED STORMS IN THE NEXT 1-2 HOURS IN THE
AREA W/SW OF FTW.  MODERATE INSTABILITY AND ELY LOW-LEVEL FLOW/
ENHANCED SHEAR MAY SUPPORT AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO ACROSS THIS
AREA...IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL WITH COLD MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 21025.


...THOMPSON

331,0945 313,0942 313,0982 331,0990

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.