Tornado Watch 459

Issued

Jun 16, 1997, 11:30 PM CDT (04:30 UTC)

Expired

Jun 17, 1997, 6:00 AM CDT

In force

7 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 459
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1106 PM CDT MON JUN 16 1997

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

   NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN TEXAS                           
   NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA                          
   EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS                           

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 1130 PM UNTIL
600 AM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 3/4 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 140 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WACO TEXAS TO 10 MILES
NORTHWEST OF TEXARKANA 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 455.  WATCH NUMBER 455 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 1130 PM
CDT.  CONTINUE...WW 454...WW 456...WW 457...WW 458...

DISCUSSION...CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES OVER REGION WHERE
AIR MASS VERY UNSTABLE PER 3000 TO 4000 J/KG CAPES. STRONG UPPER
VORT AXIS WILL MOVE INTO REGION WITH INCREASING LIFT AND COOLING
ALOFT WITH 50 KT SPEED MAX BRINGING RISK OF SUPERCELLS.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 3/4 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500.  MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23035.


...ROGASH

310,0990 333,0963 333,0914 310,0941

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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.