Tornado Watch 146

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 146
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
845 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
SOUTHEAST KANSAS
SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MISSOURI
CENTRAL AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA
EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 845 AM UNTIL 400
PM 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 105 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES SOUTH OF CHANDLER
OKLAHOMA TO 75 MILES NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD MISSOURI. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).
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 145
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DISCUSSION...CLUSTERS OF SEVERE/SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS ARE ONGOING
THIS MORNING ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHEAST OK AND SOUTHWEST MO. OTHER
STORMS HAVE BEGUN TO FORM ON THE COLD FRONT ACROSS CENTRAL OK. ALL
STORMS ARE LIKELY TO HAVE A RISK OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS
THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. MEANWHILE...VERTICAL SHEAR PROFILES ARE
QUITE STRONG /SRH AOA 350 M2/S2/ SUGGESTING THE POTENTIAL FOR
TORNADOES IN STRONGER CELLS...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON.
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 25030.
...HART