URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTEDTORNADO WATCH NUMBER 89
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
725 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
NORTHEAST TEXAS
EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 725 PM UNTIL
200 AM CDT.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF DE
QUEEN ARKANSAS TO 40 MILES SOUTH OF TEMPLE TEXAS. FOR A COMPLETE
DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).
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 85...WW 86...WW 87...WW 88...DISCUSSION...A LINE OF INTENSE STORMS IS MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS
CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL TX...WHILE A FEW ISOLATED CELLS FORM AHEAD
OF THE LINE ACROSS NORTHEAST TX. THIS REGION IS NEAR THE AXIS OF A
STRONG LOW LEVEL JET...AND AREA WHERE LARGE SCALE LIFT SHOULD
INCREASE THROUGH THE EVENING. THESE FACTORS SUGGEST AN INCREASING
RISK OF LOCALLY SEVERE STORMS INCLUDING ISOLATED TORNADOES.
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 24030. Source
