Tornado Watch 57

Issued

Feb 21, 1997, 7:00 AM CST (13:00 UTC)

Expired

Feb 21, 1997, 12:00 PM CST

In force

5 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

903 
WWUS9 KMKC 211233
SEL7  
MKC WW 211233
ALZ000-GAZ000-TNZ000-211800-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 57
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
633 AM CST FRI FEB 21 1997

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

   PARTS OF NORTHERN AND EASTERN ALABAMA                          
   PARTS OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA                            
   PARTS OF MIDDLE AND EAST TENNESSEE                          

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY MORNING UNTIL NOON CST.

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


THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 85 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA TO 50 MILES
NORTH NORTHWEST OF CROSSVILLE TENNESSEE.

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 56.  WATCH NUMBER 56 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 700
AM 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 400.  MEAN WIND VECTOR 20045.

D...POTENTIAL FOR DMGG WNDS AND ISOLD TORNADOES LKLY TO CONT AS VRY
STG MIDLVL SPD MAX EJECTS NE ACRS RGN.  LOLVL VERT SHEAR WL CONT TO
BE ENHANCED BY SE FLOW NR THE SFC.    

E...OTR TSTMS... THIS WATCH REPLACES..WW 56.. CONT..WW 55..

...CORFIDI

Tornado Watches in Tennessee, 1997Tornado Watches in Alabama, 1997Tornado Watches in Georgia, 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.