Tornado Watch 355

Issued

May 29, 1997, 8:15 PM CDT (01:15 UTC)

Expired

May 30, 1997, 2:00 AM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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955 
WWUS9 KMKC 300039
SEL5  
MKC WW 300039
TXZ000-300700-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 355
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
739 PM CDT THU MAY 29 1997

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

   TEXAS PANHANDLE AND WEST TEXAS                              

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 815 PM UNTIL
200 AM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 1/2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 75 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 65 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF MIDLAND TEXAS TO 60 MILES
EAST NORTHEAST OF DALHART TEXAS.

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 352.  WATCH NUMBER 352 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 815 PM
CDT.  CONTINUE...WW 353...WW 354...

DISCUSSION...EVENING RAOBS AT AMA AND MAF INDICTATE FAVORABLE
ENVIRONMENT FOR SUPERCELLS AND ISOLATEDD TORNADOES ACROSS THE AREA.
CURRENT STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE AND
LIKELY INCREASE IN INTENSITY.


AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 1/2 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
520.  MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 30025.


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Tornado Watches in Texas, 1997Every tornado watch in 1997

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.