Tornado Watch 24

Issued

Mar 4, 2004, 2:05 PM CST (20:05 UTC)

Expired

Mar 4, 2004, 8:00 PM CST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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• Mesoscale Discussion 164Mar 4, 11:52 AM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 166Mar 4, 1:02 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 167Mar 4, 1:25 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 169Mar 4, 2:02 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 172Mar 4, 5:32 PM CST

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 24
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
205 PM CST THU MAR 4 2004

CORRECTED FOR EXPIRATION TIME AND ONE COUNTY REMOVAL

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

  NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
  SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS
  SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI
  EASTERN OKLAHOMA

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 205 PM UNTIL
800 PM CST.

...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...

DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...
THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 90 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE
POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 115 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF ARDMORE OKLAHOMA
TO 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD MISSOURI.

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 22...WW 23...


DISCUSSION...INTENSE SQUALL LINE WITH EMBEDDED TORNADIC SUPERCELLS
MOVING RAPIDLY NEWD ACROSS RED RIVER AHEAD OF VIGROUS UPPER TROUGH
AND DEEPENING SURFACE LOW. WITH VERY FAVORABLE DEEP LAYER SHEAR
CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR VERY DAMAGING WINDS AND
ISOLATED STRONG TORNADOES AS THE SYSTEM MOVES NEWD.


AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 80 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24050.


...HALES

363,0971 391,0925 355,0925 331,0971

Tornado Watches in Oklahoma, 2004Tornado Watches in Missouri, 2004Tornado Watches in Arkansas, 2004Every tornado watch in 2004

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.