Tornado Watch 422

Issued

Jun 13, 1997, 5:15 PM CDT (22:15 UTC)

Expired

Jun 13, 1997, 11:00 PM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

643 
WWUS9 KMKC 132158
SEL2  
MKC WW 132158
TXZ000-140400-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 422
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
458 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 1997

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

EASTERN AND CENTRAL TEXAS                              

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 515 PM UNTIL 1100
PM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 1/2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 75 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF AUSTIN TEXAS TO 60
MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF LUFKIN 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...  CONTINUE...WW 417...WW 418...WW
419...WW 420...WW 421...

DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG DRY LINE AND WILL MOVE
EASTWARD WHERE AIR MASS EXTREMELY UNSTABLE WITH CAPES NEAR 5000
J/KG. 40 KT MID LEVEL WESTERLY FLOW WILL RESULT IN SHEAR FAVORABLE
FOR A FEW SUPERCELLS. 


AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 1/2 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
550.  MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25035.


...ROGASH

314,0984 322,0934 301,0934 293,0984

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.