Tornado Watch 211

Issued

Apr 28, 1997, 2:00 AM CDT (07:00 UTC)

Expired

Apr 28, 1997, 8:00 AM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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WWUS9 KMKC 280630
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MKC WW 280630
ALZ000-FLZ000-GAZ000-281300-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 211
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
230 AM EDT MON APR 28 1997

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR ALL OR PORTIONS OF

   SOUTHEAST ALABAMA                            
   THE PANHANDLE AND NORTHERN FLORIDA                            
   SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL GEORGIA                            
   AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING FROM 300 AM UNTIL 900 AM EDT.

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

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 85 STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF
A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF PANAMA CITY FLORIDA TO 25 MILES
EAST SOUTHEAST OF SAVANNAH GEORGIA.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION... 

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.

DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORM CLUSTERS MOVING NEAR AND ALONG SURFACE
BOUNDARY NEAR AXIS OF 50 KT LOW LEVEL JET. EXPECT COMBINATION OF
STRONG LOW LEVEL SHEAR AND STORM/BOUNDARY INTERACTIONS WILL RESULT
IN A FEW SUPERCELLS AS AIR MASS SHOWING SLIGHT TO MODERATE
INSTABILITY.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 1/2 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
450.  MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24040.


...ROGASH

314,0863 330,0811 304,0802 292,0854

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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.