Tornado Watch 54

Issued

Feb 20, 1997, 11:45 PM CST (05:45 UTC)

Expired

Feb 21, 1997, 5:00 AM CST

In force

5 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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LAZ000-MSZ000-211100-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 54
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1110 PM CST THU FEB 20 1997

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

   A LARE PART OF LOUISIANA                          
   PARTS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI                       
   AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING UNTIL 500 AM CST.

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 35 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF INTRACOASTAL CITY
LOUISIANA TO 65 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF JACKSON MISSISSIPPI.

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.

B...OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO
WATCH NUMBER 52.  WATCH NUMBER 52 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 1145
PM CST. 
$$

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 20035.

D...POTENTIAL FOR ISOLD BOW HEAS TORNADOES LKLY TO CONT THRU THE
ERY MRNG HRS TDA AS LOLVL VEERING WND PROFILE RMNS IN PLACE AHD OF
EWD-PROPAGATING SQLN.  WND SPDS IN EXCESS OF 50 KTS AT 1000 AGL
...WITH DIRECTIONAL COMPONENT OF SHEAR PRIMARILY CONFINED TO THE
LOWEST 3000 FT. 

E...OTR TSTMS...  THIS WATCH REPLACES WW 52.  CONT WW 53.

...CORFIDI

Tornado Watches in Louisiana, 1997Tornado Watches in Mississippi, 1997Tornado Watches in Arkansas, 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.