Tornado Watch 76

Issued

Apr 13, 2014, 5:13 PM CDT (22:13 UTC)

Expired

Apr 13, 2014, 11:14 PM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

3 in

Strongest gust expected

65 kt

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Two or more tornadoes

50%

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

50%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

40%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

60%

• Mesoscale Discussion 336Apr 13, 1:43 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 338Apr 13, 2:34 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 341Apr 13, 4:54 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 343Apr 13, 6:25 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 344Apr 13, 7:54 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 346Apr 13, 10:33 PM CDT

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WWUS20 KWNS 132215
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SPC WW 132215
ARZ000-LAZ000-OKZ000-TXZ000-140500-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 76
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
515 PM CDT SUN APR 13 2014

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
  SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS
  NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA
  EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA
  CENTRAL....NORTH-CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST TEXAS

* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON FROM 515 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
  A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE
  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 3
    INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
  ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 150 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF
WACO TEXAS TO 20 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF TEXARKANA ARKANSAS. 
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).

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 73...WW 74...WW 75...

DISCUSSION...SVR POTENTIAL EXPECTED TO INCREASE ACROSS THIS REGION
DURING NEXT FEW HOURS AS HODOGRAPHS ENLARGE...WITH DISCRETE
SUPERCELLS...CLUSTERS AND LINEAR/MIXED STORM MODES ALL POSSIBLE. 
INSTABILITY FIELDS WILL RANGE FROM MARGINAL TO FAVORABLE IN PATCHY
FASHION...BASED ON RATES OF RECOVERY FROM EARLIER CLOUD/PRECIP PLUME
THAT HAD BEEN OVER CENTRAL/N TX.  THAT PLUME -- NOW OVER PORTIONS
ARKLATEX REGION -- ALSO MAY CONTINUE TO SPAWN ISOLATED/EMBEDDED
SUPERCELLS AS IT SHIFTS NEWD.  DRYLINE/COLD-FRONTAL SVR THREAT WILL
SHIFT INTO THIS SAME AREA LATER THIS EVENING.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27030.


...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.