Tornado Watch 330

Issued

May 26, 1997, 9:00 PM CDT (02:00 UTC)

Expired

May 27, 1997, 3:00 AM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 330
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
828 PM CDT MON MAY 26 1997

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

   SOUTHERN MISSOURI                           
   NORTHERN ARKANSAS                           

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 900 PM UNTIL
300 AM 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 70 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF FAYETTEVILLE
ARKANSAS TO 45 MILES EAST OF JONESBORO ARKANSAS.

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 325.  WATCH NUMBER 325 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 900 PM
CDT.  CONTINUE...WW 326...WW 327...WW 328...WW 329...

DISCUSSION...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO PROPAGATE
EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI...WITH ACTIVITY IN SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI EXPECTED TO TURN SOUTHEASTWARD INTO NORTHEAST ARKANSAS
ALONG OLD OUTFLOW BOUNDARY.  OTHER SEVERE STORMS OVER NORTHEAST
OKLAHOMA WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL
HOURS.  00Z SOUNDING AT LZK INDICATES STRONG INSTABILITY AND
FAVORABLE VERTICAL SHEAR PROFILE TO SUPPORT CONTINUED THREAT FOR
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLE SUPERCELLS INTO THE EARLY MORNING
HOURS.


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 580. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26030.


...WEISS

370,0943 365,0895 344,0895 350,0943

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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.