TORNADO WATCH #24 PDS NE OK, SW MO

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 24
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
155 PM CST THU MAR 4 2004

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS
SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI
EASTERN OKLAHOMA OKLAHOMA

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 155 PM UNTIL
800 PM CST.

...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...

DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...
THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 90 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE
POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 115 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF ARDMORE OKLAHOMA
TO 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD MISSOURI.

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 22...WW 23...


DISCUSSION...INTENSE SQUALL LINE WITH EMBEDDED TORNADIC SUPERCELLS
MOVING RAPIDLY NEWD ACROSS RED RIVER AHEAD OF VIGOROUS UPPER TROUGH
AND DEEPENING SURFACE LOW. WITH VERY FAVORABLE DEEP LAYER SHEAR
CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR VERY DAMAGING WINDS AND
ISOLATED STRONG TORNADOES AS THE SYSTEM MOVES NEWD.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 80 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24050.


...HALES

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