Severe Thunderstorm Watch 607

Issued

Jul 14, 1997, 5:30 PM CDT (22:30 UTC)

Expired

Jul 14, 1997, 11:00 PM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

838 
WWUS9 KMKC 142214
SEL7  
MKC WW 142214
ILZ000-INZ000-KYZ000-150400-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 607
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
514 PM CDT MON JUL 14 1997

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

   SOUTHERN ILLINOIS                           
   SOUTHERN INDIANA                            
   WESTERN KENTUCKY                           

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 530 PM UNTIL 1100
PM CDT.

HAIL TO 2 1/2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 85 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES WEST OF FORT CAMPBELL
KENTUCKY TO 55 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF EVANSVILLE INDIANA.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR 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 604...WW 605...WW 606...

DISCUSSION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO PROPAGATE
SOUTHEASTWARD TOWARD THE OHIO RIVER ALONG COLD FRONT/TROUGH LINE. 
AIR MASS OVER THIS REGION IS VERY WARM AND MOIST CONTRIBUTING TO
EXTREMELY UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WITH CAPE ABOVE 5000 J/KG.  DAMAGING
WINDS AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH STRONGER CELLS THROUGH THE EVENING
HOURS.


AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 2 1/2 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70
KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550.  MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 33015.


...WEISS

364,0891 384,0884 384,0853 364,0861

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.