Tornado Watch 46

Issued

Feb 20, 1997, 5:00 AM CST (11:00 UTC)

Expired

Feb 20, 1997, 11:00 AM CST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 46
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
434 AM CST THU FEB 20 1997

A...THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR

A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS

EFFECTIVE FROM 500 AM UNTIL 1100 AM CST THIS THURSDAY MORNING.

TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING
THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.


THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 80 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF VICTORIA TEXAS TO 35
MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF FORT WORTH 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.
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C...TORNADOES AND A FEW SVR TSTMS WITH HAIL SFC AND ALF TO 1
INCHES.  EXTRM TURBC AND SFC WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS.  A FEW CBS
WITH MAX TOPS TO 480.  MEAN WIND VECTOR 22045.

D...NORTH-TO-SOUTH BAND OF TSTMS IS BEGINNING TO INTENSIFY IN
ASSOCN WITH UPR LOW THAT IS BEGINNING TO EJECT NEWD. LOW THERMAL
AND MOISTURE ADVECTION ALONG WITH SOME MID LVL COOLING IS RESULTING
IN SOME AMS DESTABILIZATION WITH SFC-BASED CAPES NEAR 1000 J/KG.
STG LOW LVL SHEAR AND INCRG MID LVL FLOW WL LKLY SUPPORT THE DVLPMT
OF A FEW SUPERCELLS PRODUCING DAMAGING WND GUSTS AND ISOLD
TORNADOES. 

...VESCIO

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.