Tornado Watch 49

Issued

Mar 17, 2003, 5:50 PM CST (23:50 UTC)

Expired

Mar 17, 2003, 11:00 PM CST

In force

5 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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• Mesoscale Discussion 264Mar 17, 2:47 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 265Mar 17, 3:02 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 266Mar 17, 3:24 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 267Mar 17, 8:19 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 270Mar 17, 10:27 PM CST

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WWUS20 KWNS 172340
SEL9  
SPC WW 172350
OKZ000-TXZ000-180500-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 49
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
550 PM CST MON MAR 17 2003

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

   SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA                           
   NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS                              

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 550 PM UNTIL 1100
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 85 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF OKLAHOMA CITY OKLAHOMA TO 45
MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF FORT WORTH 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 47.  WATCH NUMBER 47 WILL NOT BE IN
EFFECT AFTER 550 PM CST.  CONTINUE...WW 48...

DISCUSSION...ISOLATED SUPERCELLS CONTINUE OVER PARTS OF SOUTHERN OK
AND NORTH TX.  LATEST MESOANALYSIS SHOWS BACKED LOW LEVEL
WINDS...INCREASING CONVERGENCE ALONG DRYLINE AND INCREASING
VERTICAL SHEAR.  SEVERAL WEAK BOUNDARIES ALSO EXIST ACROSS SOUTHERN
OK...INDICATING LOCALLY FAVORABLE AREAS FOR TORNADOES.

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 500. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.

...HART

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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.