Tornado Watch 533

Issued

Oct 13, 2014, 3:22 AM CDT (08:22 UTC)

Expired

Oct 13, 2014, 11:00 AM CDT

In force

8 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

1 in

Strongest gust expected

65 kt

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 160 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:22 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

60%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

30%

Ten or more severe hail reports

10%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

5%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

80%

• Mesoscale Discussion 1863Oct 13, 1:59 AM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1864Oct 13, 2:43 AM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1865Oct 13, 6:34 AM CDT

284 
WWUS20 KWNS 130822
SEL3  
SPC WW 130822
ARZ000-LAZ000-OKZ000-TXZ000-131600-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 533
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
320 AM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
  SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS
  NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA
  EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA
  CENTRAL AND EAST TEXAS

* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING FROM 320 AM UNTIL 1100 AM CDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
  SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY WITH ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS
    TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF
TEMPLE TEXAS TO 35 MILES NORTH OF TEXARKANA ARKANSAS.  FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).

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 531...WW 532...

DISCUSSION...QLCS PRODUCING SPORADIC DAMAGING WINDS...AS WELL AS
BANDS AND CLUSTERS OF NEARBY WARM-SECTOR TSTMS...ARE EXPECTED TO
MOVE INTO PROGRESSIVELY HIGHER-THETAE ENVIRONMENT WITH SFC-BASED
INFLOW. FAVORABLY LARGE LOW-LEVEL HODOGRAPHS ARE FCST ACROSS WW AREA
TO SUPPORT SLGT TORNADO POTENTIAL FROM EITHER SUPERCELLS OR QLCS
CIRCULATIONS. REF SPC MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1864 FOR FURTHER
METEOROLOGICAL DETAILS.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27040.


...EDWARDS

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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.