Tornado Watch 455

Issued

Jun 16, 1997, 6:00 PM CDT (23:00 UTC)

Expired

Jun 17, 1997, 12:00 AM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WWUS9 KMKC 162232
SEL5  
MKC WW 162232
TXZ000-170500-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 455
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
532 PM CDT MON JUN 16 1997

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

   NORTHERN AND CENTRAL TEXAS                              

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

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 1/2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 80 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES WEST OF ABILENE TEXAS TO 45 MILES
EAST OF LONGVIEW 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 450...WW 451...WW
452...WW 453...WW 454...

DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS INTENSIFYING AHEAD OF DRY LINE AND UPPER
VORT AXIS APPROACHING REGION. AIR MASS VERY UNSTABLE WITH CAPES
NEAR 5000 J/KG. INCREASING MID LEVEL FLOW WILL BRING RISK OF
TORNADIC 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 70 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
550.  MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.


...ROGASH

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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.