Tornado Watch 325

Issued

May 26, 1997, 3:00 PM CDT (20:00 UTC)

Expired

May 26, 1997, 9:00 PM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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WWUS9 KMKC 261941
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MOZ000-ARZ000-270200-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 325
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
241 PM CDT MON MAY 26 1997    ..COR FOR NORTHEAST AR..

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

   SOUTHERN MISSOURI                           
   NORTHEAST ARKANSAS                           

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 300 PM UNTIL 900
PM CDT.

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

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 65 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF JOPLIN MISSOURI TO
25 MILES SOUTH OF CAPE GIRARDEAU MISSOURI.

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...  CONTINUE...WW 324...WW 325...

DISCUSSION...INCREASING POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH
LARGE HAIL...HIGH WINDS AND A FEW TORNADOES THIS EVENING AS HEATING
AND LOW-LEVEL CONVERGENCE CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY ALONG E/W
STATIONARY FRONT OVER SOUTHERN MO...AND WEAKENING N/S OUTFLOW
BOUNDARY IN SE PART OF STATE.  MID-LEVEL WLY FLO AROUND 45 KTS.   

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 520. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27035.


...CORFIDI

382,0943 374,0893 355,0893 362,0943

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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.