Tornado Watch 113

Issued

Mar 28, 1997, 2:15 PM CST (20:15 UTC)

Expired

Mar 28, 1997, 8:00 PM CST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 113
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
201 PM CST FRI MAR 28 1997

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

   PARTS OF SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI                           
   PARTS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS                           
   PARTS OF WESTERN KENTUCKY                           

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING UNTIL 800 PM 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 40 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF POPLAR BLUFF MISSOURI TO
10 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF DECATUR ILLINOIS.

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
INCHES.  EXTRM TURBC AND SFC WIND GUSTS TO 80 KNOTS.  A FEW CBS
WITH MAX TOPS TO 450.  MEAN WIND VECTOR 24050.

D...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY AHEAD OF COLD FRONT AND STRONG
UPPER VORT AXIS. LIFTED INDICES OF MINUS 7 INDICATE MODERATE
INSTABILITY WITH 70 TO 80 KT MID LVL FLOW PROVIDING POTENTIAL FOR
DAMAGING DOWNBURSTS AND A FEW STRONG TORNADOES.

E...OTR TSTMS... 

...ROGASH

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.