Tornado Watch 37

Issued

Mar 8, 2016, 7:24 AM CST (13:24 UTC)

Expired

Mar 8, 2016, 3:00 PM CST

In force

8 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

2 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:24 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

50%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

10%

Ten or more severe hail reports

30%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

30%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

80%

• Mesoscale Discussion 183Mar 8, 3:57 AM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 184Mar 8, 7:06 AM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 185Mar 8, 9:00 AM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 186Mar 8, 10:46 AM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 187Mar 8, 1:10 PM CST

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 37
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
725 AM CST TUE MAR 8 2016

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
  CENTRAL TEXAS

* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 725 AM UNTIL
  100 PM CST.

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

SUMMARY...A BROKEN BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS...INCLUDING A FEW
SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF SEVERE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND...AND
TORNADOES...WILL MOVE GENERALLY EAST-NORTHEAST ACROSS WATCH AREA
THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. OTHER STORMS MAY FORM AHEAD OF THE LINE
ACROSS EAST CENTRAL TEXAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 100 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES EAST OF DALLAS TEXAS
TO 25 MILES SOUTH OF AUSTIN TEXAS.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF
THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS
WOU7).

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 36...

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 23030.


...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.