Tornado Watch 320

Issued

May 25, 1997, 8:00 PM CDT (01:00 UTC)

Expired

May 26, 1997, 1:00 AM CDT

In force

5 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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WWUS9 KMKC 260027
SEL0  
MKC WW 260027
OKZ000-TXZ000-260600-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 320
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
727 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 1997

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

   CENTRAL AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA                           
   NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST TEXAS                              

EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 800 PM UNTIL
100 AM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 3/4 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 95 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT WORTH TEXAS TO 20 MILES
NORTHWEST OF BARTLESVILLE OKLAHOMA.

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.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO WATCH
NUMBER 318.  WATCH NUMBER 318 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 800 PM
CDT.  CONTINUE...WW 319...

DISCUSSION...CLUSTERS OF SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO
PROPAGATE EASTWARD AND SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
AND NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS.  POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR ADDITIONAL
DEVELOPMENT ALONG DRY LINE OVER CENTRAL OKLAHOMA WHERE LOW LEVEL
CONVERGENCE PERSISTS.  STRONG WESTERLY MID AND UPPER LEVEL WINDS
ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ACROSS OKLAHOMA...WHILE SOUTHERLY LOW LEVEL
JET IS FORECAST TO INCREASE OVER EASTERN OKLAHOMA TONIGHT.  THREAT
FOR LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY
MORNING HOURS.

ADDITIONAL WATCHES...NEW WATCH MAY BE NEEDED SOON ACROSS CENTRAL
AND EASTERN KANSAS SOON.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 3/4 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
550.  MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27025.


...WEISS

323,0984 365,0975 365,0943 323,0952

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.