Tornado Watch 63

Issued

Mar 30, 2016, 6:53 PM CDT (23:53 UTC)

Expired

Mar 31, 2016, 2:58 AM CDT

In force

8 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

60%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

30%

Ten or more severe wind reports

60%

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

5%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

90%

• Mesoscale Discussion 292Mar 30, 6:15 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 296Mar 30, 8:39 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 298Mar 30, 11:30 PM CDT

770 
WWUS20 KWNS 302351
SEL3  
SPC WW 302351
ARZ000-LAZ000-MSZ000-TNZ000-310800-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 63
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
650 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
  EASTERN ARKANSAS
  NORTHEAST LOUISIANA
  WESTERN MISSISSIPPI
  WEST TENNESSEE

* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 650 PM
  UNTIL 300 AM CDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
  A FEW TORNADOES LIKELY WITH A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY
  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

SUMMARY...COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS NOW ON NW LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN
/ SOUTH-CENTRAL AR EXPECTED TO MOVE / DEVELOP GENERALLY
NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY...WITH A RISK FOR A FEW
TORNADOES...IN ADDITION TO SEVERE WIND AND HAIL.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MONROE
LOUISIANA TO 50 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF MEMPHIS TENNESSEE.  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 58...WW 59...WW 60...WW
62...

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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
550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23040.


...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.