Tornado Watch 60

Issued

Mar 30, 2016, 2:31 PM CDT (19:31 UTC)

Expired

Mar 30, 2016, 10:00 PM CDT

In force

7 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

2 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Two or more tornadoes

60%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

20%

Ten or more severe wind reports

30%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

10%

Ten or more severe hail reports

50%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

30%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

90%

• Mesoscale Discussion 283Mar 30, 11:57 AM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 287Mar 30, 2:07 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 291Mar 30, 5:06 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 292Mar 30, 6:15 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 296Mar 30, 8:39 PM CDT

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WWUS20 KWNS 301926
SEL0  
SPC WW 301926
ARZ000-LAZ000-OKZ000-TXZ000-310300-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 60
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
225 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
  SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
  NORTHWEST LOUISIANA
  EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  NORTHEAST TEXAS

* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 225 PM
  UNTIL 1000 PM CDT.

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

SUMMARY...A GRADUAL INCREASE IN STORM INTENSITY IS EXPECTED THIS
AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING AS THUNDERSTORMS BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD
FROM NORTHEAST TEXAS INTO NORTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWEST
ARKANSAS.  THE STORM ENVIRONMENT WILL ALSO BECOME MORE FAVORABLE FOR
SUPERCELLS WITH THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE A FEW TORNADOES...ALONG
WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS INTO TONIGHT.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF
TEXARKANA ARKANSAS TO 30 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF SHREVEPORT
LOUISIANA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).

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 58...WW 59...

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 24035.


...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.