Tornado Watch 3

Issued

Jan 7, 2008, 4:02 PM CST (22:02 UTC)

Expired

Jan 7, 2008, 8:56 PM CST

In force

5 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

2.5 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 7 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Two or more tornadoes

40%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

20%

Ten or more severe wind reports

30%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

30%

Ten or more severe hail reports

40%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

30%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

80%

• Mesoscale Discussion 14Jan 7, 12:25 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 18Jan 7, 6:11 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 21Jan 7, 8:25 PM CST

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WWUS20 KWNS 072202
SEL3  
SPC WW 072202
ARZ000-MOZ000-OKZ000-080400-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 3
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
405 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008

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

       NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
       PARTS OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
       PARTS OF NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 405 PM UNTIL
1000 PM CST.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2.5 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 110 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF GROVE
OKLAHOMA TO 40 MILES WEST OF POTEAU OKLAHOMA.  FOR A COMPLETE
DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).

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 1...WW 2...

DISCUSSION...WITH APPROACH OF VIGOROUS TROUGH NOW OVER NM...LOW
LEVEL FLOW WILL BACK AND ENHANCE SHEAR AND SUPERCELL POTENTIAL THIS
EVENING ACROSS THE WATCH AREA.  CURRENTLY THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING
ERN OK IN AXIS OF FAVORABLE DEEP LAYER SHEAR AND INSTABILITY WITH
POTENTIAL OF SUPERCELL AND TORNADOES IN THE NEAR TERM.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24040.


...HALES

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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.