Severe Thunderstorm Watch 64

Issued

Mar 30, 2016, 7:44 PM CDT (00:44 UTC)

Expired

Mar 31, 2016, 12:00 AM CDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

1.5 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

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Two or more tornadoes

20%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

2%

Ten or more severe wind reports

30%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

10%

Ten or more severe hail reports

40%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

10%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

70%

• Mesoscale Discussion 293Mar 30, 6:22 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 295Mar 30, 8:37 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 297Mar 30, 10:48 PM CDT

095 
WWUS20 KWNS 310040
SEL4  
SPC WW 310040
ARZ000-KSZ000-MOZ000-OKZ000-310500-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 64
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
740 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
  FAR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
  FAR SOUTHEAST KANSAS
  FAR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
  FAR NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT FROM 740 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE

SUMMARY...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...INCLUDING A COUPLE SUPERCELLS
WITH A THREAT FOR LARGE HAIL...LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND...AND POSSIBLY
A TORNADO OR TWO...EXPECTED TO MOVE GENERALLY NORTHEAST ACROSS WATCH
AREA THROUGH LATER TONIGHT.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 45
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES NORTH OF
JOPLIN MISSOURI TO 35 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF GROVE OKLAHOMA. 
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY
DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.

&&

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 58...WW 60...WW 62...WW
63...

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 24035.


...CORFIDI

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Missouri, 2016Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Oklahoma, 2016Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kansas, 2016Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2016

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.