Tornado Watch 89

Issued

Mar 3, 2008, 1:57 AM CST (07:57 UTC)

Expired

Mar 3, 2008, 7:55 AM CST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

1.5 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

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Two or more tornadoes

30%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

10%

Ten or more severe wind reports

40%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

10%

Ten or more severe hail reports

40%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

10%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

70%

• Mesoscale Discussion 325Mar 2, 11:04 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 326Mar 3, 1:36 AM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 328Mar 3, 3:24 AM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 329Mar 3, 5:21 AM CST

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WWUS20 KWNS 030800
SEL9  
SPC WW 030800
TXZ000-031500-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 89
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
155 AM CST MON MAR 3 2008

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

       CENTRAL AND NORTH TEXAS

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING FROM 155 AM UNTIL 900 AM CST.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 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 75 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF
TEMPLE TEXAS TO PARIS TEXAS.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE
WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).

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 85. WATCH NUMBER 85 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 155
AM CST. CONTINUE...WW 87...WW 88...

DISCUSSION...QLCS WITH EMBEDDED SUSTAINED STORMS/SUPERCELLS SHOULD
CONTINUE GENERALLY SEWD THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING...WHILE INDIVIDUAL
STORMS MOVE ENE WITHIN IT.  BEHAVIOR OF EXISTING STORMS SUGGESTS
PRESENCE OF A CAP...OR AT LEAST APPRECIABLE CIN...IN WARM SECTOR
AHEAD OF CONVECTIVE SYSTEM.  THIS SHOULD KEEP NEW DEVELOPMENT
CONFINED TO ZONE OF UPLIFT ALONG SYSTEM GUST FRONT.  WHILE THIS
SHOULD LIMIT OVERALL POTENTIAL FOR TORNADOES...ARRIVAL OF STRONGER
DEEP WIND FIELD LATER THIS MORNING /AS NM UPR LOW CONTINUES
EWD/...AND FAIRLY RICH MOISTURE INFLOW...SUGGEST ENOUGH POTENTIAL
FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES TO EXTEND EXISTING TORNADO WATCH IN TIME AND
EWD EXTENT.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25040.


...CORFIDI

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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.