Tornado Watch 103

Issued

Apr 24, 2015, 4:45 PM CDT (21:45 UTC)

Expired

Apr 24, 2015, 10:00 PM CDT

In force

5 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

2 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Two or more tornadoes

70%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

50%

Ten or more severe wind reports

50%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

20%

Ten or more severe hail reports

60%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

40%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

95%

• Mesoscale Discussion 438Apr 24, 3:58 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 442Apr 24, 7:46 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 443Apr 24, 9:20 PM CDT

438 
WWUS20 KWNS 242142
SEL3  
SPC WW 242142
ARZ000-LAZ000-TXZ000-250300-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 103
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
445 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2015

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
  EXTREME SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
  NORTHWEST LOUISIANA
  EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST TEXAS

* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 445 PM UNTIL
  1000 PM CDT.

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

SUMMARY...SCATTERED STORMS DEVELOPING IN THE WARM SECTOR ACROSS E TX
AND NW LA WILL POTENTIALLY BECOME SUPERCELLS WITH THE RISK FOR
TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS THROUGH THIS EVENING. 
OTHER SEVERE STORMS WILL LIKELY MOVE EWD FROM N CENTRAL INTO NE TX
LATER THIS EVENING...WITH A TORNADO RISK AS WELL.  A STRONG TORNADO
OR TWO WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY WITH STORMS MOVING ALONG THE
STALLED FRONT CLOSE TO I-20 THIS EVENING.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF EL
DORADO ARKANSAS TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HUNTSVILLE TEXAS.  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 99...WW 100...WW 101...WW
102...

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 25035.


...THOMPSON

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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.