Tornado Watch 341

Issued

May 30, 2004, 6:10 PM CDT (23:10 UTC)

Expired

May 30, 2004, 11:00 PM CDT

In force

5 hr

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the Storm Prediction Center

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• Mesoscale Discussion 996May 30, 2:44 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1000May 30, 5:10 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1002May 30, 5:53 PM CDT

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WWUS20 KWNS 302313
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SPC WW 302310
ARZ000-OKZ000-TXZ000-310400-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 341
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
610 PM CDT SUN MAY 30 2004

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

       WESTERN ARKANSAS
       FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
       NORTHEAST AND PART OF CENTRAL TEXAS

EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY EVENING FROM 610 PM UNTIL 1100 PM CDT.

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 75 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF HARRISON ARKANSAS TO 45
MILES EAST SOUTHEAST 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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO
WATCH NUMBER 330...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 333. WATCH NUMBER 330 333
WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 610 PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 331...WW
332...WW 334...WW 335...WW 336...WW 337...WW 338...WW 339...WW
340...

DISCUSSION...COLD FRONT AND PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH CONTINUE TO IGNITE
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM NRN/WRN AR INTO CENTRAL TX.  A
VERY WARM/MOIST BOUNDARY WITHIN THE WARM SECTOR IS SUPPORTING A VERY
UNSTABLE AIR MASS UNDER 40-50 KT OF SWLY MID LEVEL FLOW.  DEEP LAYER
SHEAR WILL REMAIN SUPPORTIVE OF SUPERCELLS...WITH ATTENDANT THREAT
OF ISOLATED 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 600.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24030.


...EVANS

362,0911 312,0951 312,0974 362,0940

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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.