Tornado Watch 614

Issued

Jul 16, 1997, 5:30 PM CDT (22:30 UTC)

Expired

Jul 16, 1997, 11:00 PM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WWUS9 KMKC 162203 COR
MKC WW 162203 COR
WIZ000-MNZ000-IAZ000-LMZ000-170400-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 614
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
500 PM CDT WED JUL 16 1997

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

SOUTHERN WISCONSIN
SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA
NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST IOWA
EXTREME WESTERN LAKE MICHIGAN

EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 530 PM UNTIL
1100 PM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 85 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 60 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES WEST OF FAIRMONT MINNESOTA TO 30
MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF MILWAUKEE WISCONSIN.

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 612...WW 613...

DISCUSSION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE STARTING TO FORM ALONG
BOUNDARY ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...WHILE COMPLEX OF SEVERE STORMS
OVER NORTHERN WISCONSIN IS PROPAGATING SOUTHWARD.  ADDITIONAL
STORMS ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN NEXT SEVERAL
HOURS.  AIR MASS IS VERY UNSTABLE WITH CAPE OF 3000-5000 J/KG...AND
VEERING WIND PROFILES WITH HEIGHT SUGGEST POTENTIAL FOR A FEW
SUPERCELLS TO DEVELOP.


AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTSX TO 75 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 600. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 28025.


...WEISS

;443,0944 441,0874 422,0874 424,0944;

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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.