Tornado Watch 265

Issued

May 7, 1997, 6:45 PM CDT (23:45 UTC)

Expired

May 8, 1997, 1:00 AM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

078 
WWUS9 KMKC 072342 COR
SEL5  
MKC WW 072342 COR
MOZ000-KSZ000-OKZ000-080600-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 265...CORRECTED TO ADD MO
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
642 PM CDT WED MAY 7 1997

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

WESTERN MISSOURI
SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS
NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA

EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 645 PM
UNTIL 100 AM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 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 70 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF TULSA OKLAHOMA TO 65
MILES WEST OF KNOB NOSTER MISSOURI.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...  CONTINUE...WW 262...WW 263...WW
264...WW 265...

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...TORNADIC SUPERCELLS MOVING INTO WATCH AREA AHEAD OF
COLD FRONT AND UPPER VORT AXIS. AIR MASS VERY UNSTABLE WITH CAPRES
ABOVE 3000 J/KG. WIND PROFILES INDICATE CONTINUED POTENTIAL FOR
SUPERCELLS.  


AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27035.


...ROGASH

355,0975 384,0960 384,0932 355,0952

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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.