Tornado Watch 95

Issued

Mar 30, 2007, 5:25 PM CDT (22:25 UTC)

Expired

Mar 31, 2007, 1:00 AM CDT

In force

8 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

2 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

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Two or more tornadoes

80%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

40%

Ten or more severe wind reports

95%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

30%

Ten or more severe hail reports

80%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

50%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

95%

• Mesoscale Discussion 380Mar 30, 2:58 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 381Mar 30, 3:31 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 382Mar 30, 4:51 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 385Mar 30, 7:38 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 386Mar 30, 9:48 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 390Mar 30, 11:53 PM CDT

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WWUS20 KWNS 302232
SEL5  
SPC WW 302232
TXZ000-310600-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 95
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
525 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007

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

       NORTHEAST...CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 525 PM
UNTIL 100 AM 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 APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF DEL
RIO TEXAS TO 35 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF PARIS TEXAS.  FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).

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 92...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 93. WATCH NUMBER 92 93
WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 525 PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 94...

DISCUSSION...FAIRLY WIDESPREAD COVERAGE OF SEVERE TSTMS EXPECTED
OVER WW THIS EVENING AS 60 KT MID LEVEL SPEED MAX ASSOCIATED WITH
EJECTING NM UPR TROUGH OVERSPREADS REGION.  GREATEST THREAT FOR
DISCRETE STORMS WITH TORNADOES/LARGE HAIL AND POSSIBLY HIGH WIND
EXPECTED TO EXIST IN THE RIO GRANDE VLY FROM NEAR DRT E/NE INTO ERN
PARTS OF THE HILL COUNTRY...WHERE RICH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IS PRESENT
AND WHERE GREATEST HEATING OCCURRED EARLIER TODAY.  A MORE ISOLATED
TORNADO THREAT AND/OR LOW LEVEL SPIN-UP TORNADOES/DAMAGING WINDS
APPEAR MORE LIKELY ALONG DEVELOPING LINEAR MCS FROM THE RED RVR SWD
INTO NRN PARTS OF THE HILL COUNTRY.  AN ISOLATED TORNADO THREAT MAY
ALSO PERSIST IN WARM ADVECTION ZONE ALONG ERN FRINGE OF SLY LLJ IN E
CNTRL TX.

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.


...CORFIDI

Tornado Watches in Texas, 2007Every tornado watch in 2007

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.