Tornado Watch 116

Issued

Mar 28, 1997, 7:30 PM EST (00:30 UTC)

Expired

Mar 29, 1997, 1:00 AM EST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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448 
WWUS9 KMKC 290000
SEL6  
MKC WW 290000
OHZ000-KYZ000-290600-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 116
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
700 PM EST FRI MAR 28 1997

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

   PARTS OF SOUTHERN AND WESTERN OHIO                             
   PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN KENTUCKY                          

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING UNTIL 100 AM EST.

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


THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 60 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LONDON KENTUCKY TO 15 MILES
EAST NORTHEAST OF DAYTON OHIO.

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 70 KNOTS.  A FEW CBS
WITH MAX TOPS TO 450.  MEAN WIND VECTOR 24045.

D...TORNADO POTENTIAL XPD TO SHIFT EWD THIS EVE AS SFC WRM FNT
CONTS TO MOV E AT 30 KTS.  SHEAR PROFILE XPCD TO BECOME VRY FVRBL
FOR SUPERCELLS AS EXIT RGN OF 80 KT MIDLVL SPD MAX INDUCES
STRENGTHENING OF LOLVL SLY JET INVOF N/S WRM FNT.  

E...OTR TSTMS...  CONT..WW 113..WW 114..WW 115..

...CORFIDI

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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.