Tornado Watch 30

Issued

Jan 24, 1997, 4:45 PM CST (22:45 UTC)

Expired

Jan 24, 1997, 11:00 PM CST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WWUS9 KMKC 242237 COR
SEL0  
MKC WW 242237 COR
MSZ000-ALZ000-FLZ000-GAZ000-250500-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 30
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
437 PM CST FRI JAN 24 1997

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

PARTS OF EXTREME SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
MUCH OF SOUTHERN AND EASTERN ALABAMA
PARTS OF THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE
PARTS OF NORTHWESTERN  GEORGIA
AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING UNTIL 1100 PM CST.

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


THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 80 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MOBILE ALABAMA TO 50 MILES
NORTHEAST OF ROME GEORGIA.

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 1 3/4
INCHES.  EXTRM TURBC AND SFC WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS.  A FEW CBS
WITH MAX TOPS TO 500.  MEAN WIND VECTOR 24035.

D...CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES ACROSS WATCH AREA IN REGION
OF MINUS 4 TO MINUS 8 LIFTED INDICES AND LOW LEVEL WARM ADVECTION. 
AREA WIND SHEAR PROFILES INDICATE POTENTIAL FOR SUPERCELLS.

E...OTR TSTMS...  CONT..WW 0028..0029..

...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.