Tornado Watch 65

Issued

Mar 30, 2016, 10:00 PM CDT (03:00 UTC)

Expired

Mar 31, 2016, 4:20 AM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

1 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 163 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Two or more tornadoes

50%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

20%

Ten or more severe wind reports

60%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

5%

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

80%

• Mesoscale Discussion 292Mar 30, 6:15 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 296Mar 30, 8:39 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 298Mar 30, 11:30 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 299Mar 31, 3:04 AM CDT

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WWUS20 KWNS 310257
SEL5  
SPC WW 310257
ARZ000-LAZ000-MSZ000-311000-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 65
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1000 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
  SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS
  NORTHERN LOUISIANA
  WESTERN AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 1000
  PM UNTIL 500 AM CDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
  A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE
  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY
  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

SUMMARY...CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS...INCLUDING A FEW SUPERCELLS AND
OTHER LONG-LIVED STRUCTURES WITH A THREAT FOR OCCASIONAL TORNADOES
AND LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND...EXPECTED TO MOVE / DEVELOP GENERALLY
EAST-NORTHEAST ACROSS WATCH AREA THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 90 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF
GREENVILLE MISSISSIPPI TO 10 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF ALEXANDRIA
LOUISIANA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).

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 60...WW 63...WW 64...

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24040.


...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.