Tornado Watch 91

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 91
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1035 AM CST MON MAR 3 2008
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
PARTS OF SOUTHERN ARKANSAS
MUCH OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN LOUISIANA
PARTS OF SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS
COASTAL WATERS
EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1035 AM UNTIL 600
PM CST.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF
MONTICELLO ARKANSAS TO 35 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF LAKE CHARLES
LOUISIANA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).
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 90...
DISCUSSION...INCREASING THREAT OF SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATED
WITH SQUALL LINE MOVING FROM ERN TX INTO LA. STRONG SHEAR PROFILES
AND INCREASING INSTABILITY COUPLED WITH APPROACH OF STRONG
TROUGH/WIND MAX FROM WRN TX WILL LEAD TO POTENTIAL FOR TORNADOES
BOTH WITH THE SQUALL LINE AND LATER THIS AFTERNOON FOR DISCRETE
STORMS AHEAD OF THE LINE.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24045.
..HALES
ARKANSAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ASHLEY BRADLEY CALHOUN
CHICOT CLEVELAND COLUMBIA
DALLAS DESHA DREW
LAFAYETTE LINCOLN NEVADA
OUACHITA UNION
LOUISIANA PARISHES INCLUDED ARE
ACADIA ALLEN AVOYELLES
BEAUREGARD BIENVILLE BOSSIER
CADDO CALCASIEU CALDWELL
CAMERON CATAHOULA CLAIBORNE
CONCORDIA DE SOTO EAST CARROLL
EVANGELINE FRANKLIN GRANT
JACKSON JEFFERSON DAVIS LAFAYETTE
LA SALLE LINCOLN MADISON
MOREHOUSE NATCHITOCHES OUACHITA
RAPIDES RED RIVER RICHLAND
SABINE ST. LANDRY TENSAS
UNION VERMILION VERNON
WEBSTER WEST CARROLL WINN
TEXAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
HARDIN JASPER JEFFERSON
NEWTON ORANGE SABINE
SAN AUGUSTINE SHELBY TYLER