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Tornado Watch 25

March 4, 20044 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Mar 4, 2004, 3:00 PM CST for 4 states. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 4, 2004, 3:00 PM CST (21:00 UTC)
Expired
Mar 4, 2004, 9:00 PM CST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 58 counties

Clark County, AR, Columbia County, AR, Garland County, AR, Hempstead County, AR, Hot Spring County, AR, Howard County, AR, Lafayette County, AR, Little River County, AR, Logan County, AR, Miller County, AR, Montgomery County, AR, Nevada County, AR, Ouachita County, AR, Perry County, AR, Pike County, AR, Polk County, AR, Pope County, AR, Scott County, AR, Sevier County, AR, Yell County, AR, Bossier Parish, LA, Caddo Parish, LA, Claiborne Parish, LA, De Soto Parish, LA, Webster Parish, LA, Choctaw County, OK, McCurtain County, OK, Anderson County, TX, Bowie County, TX, Camp County, TX, Cass County, TX, Cherokee County, TX, Delta County, TX, Fannin County, TX, Franklin County, TX, Freestone County, TX, Gregg County, TX, Harrison County, TX, Henderson County, TX, Hopkins County, TX, Houston County, TX, Hunt County, TX, Lamar County, TX, Leon County, TX, Madison County, TX, Marion County, TX, Morris County, TX, Nacogdoches County, TX, Panola County, TX, Rains County, TX, Red River County, TX, Rusk County, TX, Shelby County, TX, Smith County, TX, Titus County, TX, Upshur County, TX, Van Zandt County, TX, Wood County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

Warnings issued inside it

33 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 4, 3:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAChoctaw, Latimer, McIntosh, Pittsburg, Pushmataha74 min
Mar 4, 3:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFannin, Hunt46 min
Mar 4, 3:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHenderson61 min
Mar 4, 3:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDRains, Van Zandt49 min
Mar 4, 4:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFreestone, Leon65 min
Mar 4, 4:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDelta, Hopkins, Lamar49 min
Mar 4, 4:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVSmith, Wood62 min
Mar 4, 4:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDAnderson, Leon55 min
Mar 4, 4:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCamp, Franklin, Red River, Titus47 min
Mar 4, 4:50 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVRed River40 min
Mar 4, 5:03 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXHouston42 min
Mar 4, 5:14 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVSmith61 min
Mar 4, 5:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCherokee57 min
Mar 4, 5:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVUpshur41 min
Mar 4, 5:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBowie, Cass, Morris52 min
Mar 4, 5:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDAnderson20 min
Mar 4, 5:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPolk, Scott54 min
Mar 4, 5:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVGregg, Rusk49 min
Mar 4, 5:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVLittle River, Sevier48 min
Mar 4, 5:45 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVLittle River30 min
Mar 4, 6:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHoward51 min
Mar 4, 6:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJohnson, Logan53 min
Mar 4, 6:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKMontgomery, Pike50 min
Mar 4, 6:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHarrison55 min
Mar 4, 6:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHempstead, Miller50 min
Mar 4, 6:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVPanola65 min
Mar 4, 6:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark, Garland, Hot Spring49 min
Mar 4, 6:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCaddo62 min
Mar 4, 7:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBossier62 min
Mar 4, 7:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFaulkner, Perry, Pulaski42 min
Mar 4, 8:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVWebster64 min
Mar 4, 8:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVClaiborne58 min
Mar 4, 8:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKHot Spring, Saline31 min

Discussions around it

SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 137 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Shreveport, LA at 12:00Z on 2004-03-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 18 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Shreveport, LA at 12:00Z on 2004-03-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 214 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
18 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-235 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
713 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
214 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
187 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS20 KWNS 042102
SEL5  
SPC WW 042100
ARZ000-LAZ000-OKZ000-TXZ000-050300-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 25
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
300 PM CST THU MAR 4 2004

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

       WESTERN ARKANSAS
       NORTHWEST LOUISIANA
       SOUTHEAST CORNER OKLAHOMA
       NORTHEAST TEXAS

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 300 PM UNTIL
900 PM CST.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 80 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 50 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF TYLER TEXAS TO 20
MILES SOUTHEAST OF HOT SPRINGS ARKANSAS.

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...WW 24...


DISCUSSION...INTENSE SQUALL LINE WITH EMBEDDED TORNADIC SUPERCELLS
WILL CONTINUE RAPIDLY E/NE AHEAD OF VIGOROUS UPPER TROUGH AND
DEEPENING SURFACE LOW. PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS
HOWEVER STRONG SHEAR PROFILES SUPPORT ISOLATED TORNADOES.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24045.


...HALES

334,0961 355,0925 323,0925 302,0961

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 4, 9:28 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCrawford, Sebastian, Washington62 min
Mar 4, 1:25 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Johnson, Logan and 7 more65 min
Mar 4, 2:05 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBenton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison and 3 more6 hr
Mar 4, 2:18 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Columbia, Garland, Hempstead, Hot Spring, Howard and 11 more57 min
Mar 4, 4:41 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCalhoun, Clark, Columbia, Dallas, Garland, Grant and 16 more2 hr
Mar 4, 5:32 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Fulton, Madison and 3 more118 min
Mar 4, 1:56 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeckham, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland, Comanche and 15 more94 min
Mar 4, 2:00 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBeckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland and 23 more5 hr
Mar 4, 2:44 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter and 36 more3 hr
Mar 4, 5:01 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland and 24 more119 min
Mar 4, 6:55 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBeckham, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Greer, Harmon and 6 more6 hr
Mar 4, 7:20 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlfalfa, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Comanche and 23 more6 hr
Mar 4, 7:55 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Canadian, Custer, Dewey and 17 more3 hr
Mar 4, 9:45 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCCaddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Comanche, Cotton, Garvin and 8 more5 hr
Mar 4, 11:52 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarter, Cleveland, Comanche, Cotton, Garvin, Grady and 7 more53 min
Mar 4, 1:02 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCaddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Comanche, Cotton, Garvin and 6 more88 min
Mar 4, 2:02 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCanadian, Carter, Cleveland, Comanche, Creek, Garvin and 12 more88 min
Mar 3, 7:03 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Borden, Coke, Crane, Crockett, Dawson and 25 more117 min
Mar 3, 8:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAndrews, Borden, Cottle, Crane, Crosby, Dawson and 20 more5 hr
Mar 3, 11:44 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Borden, Crane, Crosby, Dawson, Dickens and 16 more2 hr
Mar 4, 4:25 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCCallahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Crockett, Fisher and 23 more6 hr
Mar 4, 5:32 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCallahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Crockett, Fisher and 23 more118 min
Mar 4, 8:43 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArcher, Baylor, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho and 26 more62 min
Mar 4, 10:46 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtascosa, Bandera, Bell, Bexar, Blanco, Bosque and 27 more89 min
Mar 4, 11:50 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCBandera, Bell, Blanco, Bosque, Brown, Burnet and 42 more5 hr
Mar 4, 11:52 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAustin, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Chambers, Colorado and 15 more113 min
Mar 4, 1:42 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBell, Blanco, Bosque, Burnet, Collin, Coryell and 17 more63 min

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Sources

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.