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- IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 25
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
300 PM CST THU MAR 4 2004
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
WESTERN ARKANSAS
NORTHWEST LOUISIANA
SOUTHEAST CORNER OKLAHOMA
NORTHEAST TEXAS
EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 300 PM UNTIL
900 PM CST.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 80 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 50 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF TYLER TEXAS TO 20
MILES SOUTHEAST OF HOT SPRINGS ARKANSAS.
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...WW 24...
DISCUSSION...INTENSE SQUALL LINE WITH EMBEDDED TORNADIC SUPERCELLS
WILL CONTINUE RAPIDLY E/NE AHEAD OF VIGOROUS UPPER TROUGH AND
DEEPENING SURFACE LOW. PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS
HOWEVER STRONG SHEAR PROFILES SUPPORT ISOLATED TORNADOES.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24045.
...HALES
;334,0961 355,0925 323,0925 302,0961; (Thankfully, not a PDS, but still potentially dangerous.)