Tornado Watch 106

Issued

Mar 24, 1997, 10:30 PM CST (04:30 UTC)

Expired

Mar 25, 1997, 4:00 AM CST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 8 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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810 
WWUS9 KMKC 250416
SEL6  
MKC WW 250416
TXZ000-OKZ000-251000-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 106
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1016 PM CST MON MAR 24 1997

A...THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR

   PARTS OF WEST-CENTRAL AND NORTH-CENTRAL TEXAS                  
   PARTS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL OKLAHOMA                           

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING UNTIL 400 AM CST.

TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING
THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.


THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 85 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES EAST OF SAN ANGELO TEXAS TO 15 MILES
NORTHWEST OF ARDMORE OKLAHOMA.

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.
$$

C...TORNADOES AND A FEW SVR TSTMS WITH HAIL SFC AND ALF TO 2 1/4
INCHES.  EXTRM TURBC AND SFC WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS.  A FEW CBS
WITH MAX TOPS TO 480.  MEAN WIND VECTOR 24030.

D...STG/SVR TSTMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACRS PORTIONS OF THIS AREA.  TEMPS
IN THE 70S AND DEWPTS IN THE UPR 50S/60S...COMBINED WITH COLD MID
LVL TEMPS /500 MB TEMPS FM MINUS 16 TO MINUS 18 DEGC/ HAS RESULTED
IN MDTLY UNSTBL AMS.  CAPE VALUES AS HIGH AS 1500 J/KG EXTENDED FM
S-CNTRL OK SWWD INTO W-CENTRL TX.  MODELS INDICATE MID-LVL SPD MAX
IS MOVG INTO THIS RGN WHICH SHOULD ENHANCE UVVS.  SFC WINDS HAVE
BEEN BACKING DURG PAST FEW HRS AND THIS HAS RESULTED IN INCREASING
LOW-LVL SHEAR.  BELIEVE THREAT OF STG/SVR TSTMS AND TORNADOES WILL
INCREASE ACRS AREA DURG NEXT SVRL HRS. 

E...OTR TSTMS...  CONT..WW 104..WW 105..

...HOVIS

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