Tornado Watch 112

Issued

Mar 30, 2006, 5:39 PM CST (23:39 UTC)

Expired

Mar 31, 2006, 12:00 AM CST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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• Mesoscale Discussion 366Mar 30, 2:46 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 367Mar 30, 3:12 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 368Mar 30, 5:10 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 370Mar 30, 7:48 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 374Mar 30, 11:34 PM CST

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 112
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
540 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006

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

       NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
       SOUTHEAST KANSAS
       EASTERN OKLAHOMA
       NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON FROM 540 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST.

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 APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES NORTH OF JOPLIN MISSOURI TO
50 MILES SOUTH OF SHERMAN TEXAS.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE
WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).

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 109...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 110. WATCH NUMBER 109 110
WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 540 PM CST. CONTINUE...WW 111...

DISCUSSION...CLUSTERS OF SEVERE STORMS CONTINUE FROM SOUTHEAST KS
INTO EASTERN OK.  THIS ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY MAINTAIN INTENSITY
THROUGH MUCH OF THE EVENING AS PACIFIC COLD FRONT SPREADS INTO
REGION.  VERTICAL SHEAR PROFILES REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS
CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND 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 500.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25035.


...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.