Tornado Watch 327

Issued

May 26, 1997, 6:00 PM CDT (23:00 UTC)

Expired

May 27, 1997, 12:00 AM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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WWUS9 KMKC 262236
SEL7  
MKC WW 262236
KSZ000-OKZ000-270500-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 327
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
536 PM CDT MON MAY 26 1997

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

   SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS                             
   NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA                           

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 600 PM UNTIL
MIDNIGHT CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 3 1/2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 85 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 80 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF CHANUTE KANSAS TO 15
MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF MCALESTER 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...  CONTINUE...WW 324...WW 325...WW 326...

DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP ALONG EAST/WEST
FRONTAL BOUNDARY NEAR THE KS/OK BORDER...WITH ADDITIONAL STORMS
FORMING ALONG DRYLINE OVER CENTRAL OKLAHOMA.  AIR MASS IN THE WARM
SECTOR IS VERY UNSTABLE WITH LIFTED INDEX TO -12 AND CAPE VALUES
ABV 4000 J/KG.  VAD AND PROFILER DATA INDC MODERATELY STRONG WINDS
ALOFT THAT VEER WITH HEIGHT INDICATING POTENTIAL FOR SUPERCELLS TO
DEVELOP.  FAVORABLE STORM-RELATIVE FLOW ALSO SUGGESTS LIKELIHOOD OF
TORNADOES DEVELOPING...IN ADDITION TO VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WIND GUSTS. 


AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 1/2 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 75 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
600.  MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24030.


...WEISS

375,0945 344,0940 344,0965 375,0974

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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.