Tornado Watch 89

Issued

Mar 19, 2012, 7:28 PM CDT (00:28 UTC)

Expired

Mar 20, 2012, 4:00 AM CDT

In force

9 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

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

70%

• Mesoscale Discussion 294Mar 19, 6:05 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 297Mar 19, 8:22 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 299Mar 19, 9:46 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 301Mar 19, 11:53 PM CDT

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WWUS20 KWNS 200025
SEL9  
SPC WW 200025
ARZ000-OKZ000-TXZ000-200700-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 89
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
725 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012

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

       SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
       SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
       NORTHEAST TEXAS

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 725 PM UNTIL
200 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 55 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF DE
QUEEN ARKANSAS TO 40 MILES SOUTH OF TEMPLE 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...CONTINUE...WW 85...WW 86...WW 87...WW
88...

DISCUSSION...A LINE OF INTENSE STORMS IS MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS
CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL TX...WHILE A FEW ISOLATED CELLS FORM AHEAD
OF THE LINE ACROSS NORTHEAST TX.  THIS REGION IS NEAR THE AXIS OF A
STRONG LOW LEVEL JET...AND AREA WHERE LARGE SCALE LIFT SHOULD
INCREASE THROUGH THE EVENING.  THESE FACTORS SUGGEST AN INCREASING
RISK OF LOCALLY SEVERE STORMS INCLUDING 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 24030.


...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.