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Tornado Watch 25
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 3:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Latimer, McIntosh, Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 74 min |
| Mar 4, 3:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fannin, Hunt | 46 min |
| Mar 4, 3:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Henderson | 61 min |
| Mar 4, 3:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Rains, Van Zandt | 49 min |
| Mar 4, 4:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Freestone, Leon | 65 min |
| Mar 4, 4:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Delta, Hopkins, Lamar | 49 min |
| Mar 4, 4:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Smith, Wood | 62 min |
| Mar 4, 4:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Anderson, Leon | 55 min |
| Mar 4, 4:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Camp, Franklin, Red River, Titus | 47 min |
| Mar 4, 4:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Red River | 40 min |
| Mar 4, 5:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Houston | 42 min |
| Mar 4, 5:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Smith | 61 min |
| Mar 4, 5:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Cherokee | 57 min |
| Mar 4, 5:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Upshur | 41 min |
| Mar 4, 5:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bowie, Cass, Morris | 52 min |
| Mar 4, 5:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Anderson | 20 min |
| Mar 4, 5:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Polk, Scott | 54 min |
| Mar 4, 5:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Gregg, Rusk | 49 min |
| Mar 4, 5:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Little River, Sevier | 48 min |
| Mar 4, 5:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Little River | 30 min |
| Mar 4, 6:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Howard | 51 min |
| Mar 4, 6:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Johnson, Logan | 53 min |
| Mar 4, 6:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Montgomery, Pike | 50 min |
| Mar 4, 6:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Harrison | 55 min |
| Mar 4, 6:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Miller | 50 min |
| Mar 4, 6:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Panola | 65 min |
| Mar 4, 6:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark, Garland, Hot Spring | 49 min |
| Mar 4, 6:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Caddo | 62 min |
| Mar 4, 7:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bossier | 62 min |
| Mar 4, 7:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Perry, Pulaski | 42 min |
| Mar 4, 8:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Webster | 64 min |
| Mar 4, 8:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Claiborne | 58 min |
| Mar 4, 8:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Hot Spring, Saline | 31 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.
- 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
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 302,0961SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 9:28 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Crawford, Sebastian, Washington | 62 min |
| Mar 4, 1:25 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Johnson, Logan and 7 more | 65 min |
| Mar 4, 2:05 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 4, 2:18 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clark, Columbia, Garland, Hempstead, Hot Spring, Howard and 11 more | 57 min |
| Mar 4, 4:41 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Calhoun, Clark, Columbia, Dallas, Garland, Grant and 16 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 4, 5:32 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Fulton, Madison and 3 more | 118 min |
| Mar 4, 1:56 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beckham, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland, Comanche and 15 more | 94 min |
| Mar 4, 2:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland and 23 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 4, 2:44 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter and 36 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 4, 5:01 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland and 24 more | 119 min |
| Mar 4, 6:55 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beckham, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Greer, Harmon and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 4, 7:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alfalfa, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Comanche and 23 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 4, 7:55 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Canadian, Custer, Dewey and 17 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 4, 9:45 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Comanche, Cotton, Garvin and 8 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 4, 11:52 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Carter, Cleveland, Comanche, Cotton, Garvin, Grady and 7 more | 53 min |
| Mar 4, 1:02 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Comanche, Cotton, Garvin and 6 more | 88 min |
| Mar 4, 2:02 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Canadian, Carter, Cleveland, Comanche, Creek, Garvin and 12 more | 88 min |
| Mar 3, 7:03 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Andrews, Borden, Coke, Crane, Crockett, Dawson and 25 more | 117 min |
| Mar 3, 8:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Andrews, Borden, Cottle, Crane, Crosby, Dawson and 20 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 3, 11:44 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Andrews, Borden, Crane, Crosby, Dawson, Dickens and 16 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 4, 4:25 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Crockett, Fisher and 23 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 4, 5:32 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Crockett, Fisher and 23 more | 118 min |
| Mar 4, 8:43 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Archer, Baylor, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho and 26 more | 62 min |
| Mar 4, 10:46 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Atascosa, Bandera, Bell, Bexar, Blanco, Bosque and 27 more | 89 min |
| Mar 4, 11:50 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bandera, Bell, Blanco, Bosque, Brown, Burnet and 42 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 4, 11:52 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Austin, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Chambers, Colorado and 15 more | 113 min |
| Mar 4, 1:42 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bell, Blanco, Bosque, Burnet, Collin, Coryell and 17 more | 63 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.