Tornado Watch 41

Issued

Mar 28, 2014, 7:34 PM CDT (00:34 UTC)

Expired

Mar 29, 2014, 3:00 AM CDT

In force

7 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

70%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

10%

Ten or more severe hail reports

50%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

30%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

90%

• Mesoscale Discussion 218Mar 28, 5:43 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 219Mar 28, 6:38 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 220Mar 28, 6:53 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 221Mar 28, 10:15 PM CDT

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WWUS20 KWNS 290040
SEL1  
SPC WW 290040
ARZ000-LAZ000-MSZ000-CWZ000-290800-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 41
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
735 PM CDT FRI MAR 28 2014

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
  SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS
  SOUTHWEST THROUGH NORTHEAST LOUISIANA
  SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  COASTAL WATERS

* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 735 PM
  UNTIL 300 AM CDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
  SEVERAL TORNADOES POSSIBLE
  SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY
  SEVERAL LARGE HAIL EVENTS WITH A FEW VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2
    INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 95 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF
GREENWOOD MISSISSIPPI TO 25 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF INTRACOASTAL
CITY LOUISIANA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 37...WW 38...WW 39...WW
40...

DISCUSSION...STRONG TO SVR TSTMS EXPECTED TO AFFECT MUCH OF WW AREA
LATER TNGT THROUGH EARLY SAT AS LARGE-SCALE ASCENT INCREASES WITH
THE CONTINUED ENE MOVEMENT OF SE TX SHORTWAVE TROUGH. APPROACH OF
THE TROUGH WILL STRENGTHEN MID/UPR-LVL FLOW ACROSS
REGION...SUPPORTING POTENTIAL FOR SUSTAINED UPDRAFTS/SUPERCELLS
WITHIN THE E TX SQLN AND WITH STORMS ALONG STALLED BOUNDARY OVER SE
AR AND VICINITY. COUPLED WITH INCREASING LOW-LVL
MOISTURE...ESPECIALLY FROM SW AND S CNTRL LA NNEWD INTO SE AR/W
CNTRL MS...SETUP COULD SUPPORT A COUPLE TORNADOES IN ADDITION TO
LARGE HAIL/DMGG WIND.

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 27035.


...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.