Tornado Watch 93

Issued

Apr 20, 2004, 2:05 PM CDT (19:05 UTC)

Expired

Apr 20, 2004, 8:00 PM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 93
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
205 PM CDT TUE APR 20 2004

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

       EXTREME NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
       SOUTHEAST KANSAS
       SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
       NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 205 PM UNTIL 800
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 85 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF PONCA CITY OKLAHOMA TO
15 MILES NORTHEAST OF MONETT 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.

DISCUSSION...SCATTERED SEVERE STORMS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP OVER
SOUTHEAST KS AND NORTHEAST OK DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  LOW CLOUDS
ARE SLOWLY ERODING...WITH RAPID DESTABILIZATION UNDERWAY.  STORM
INITIATION WILL LIKELY BE AIDED BY APPROACHING SHORTWAVE TROUGH OVER
THE TX PANHANDLE.  SUPERCELLS ARE LIKELY...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. MODEL GUIDANCE ALSO SUGGESTS THAT
LOW LEVEL WIND FIELDS BECOME FAVORABLE FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES BY
EARLY EVENING.

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.