Tornado Watch 71

Issued

Feb 27, 1997, 12:15 AM CST (06:15 UTC)

Expired

Feb 27, 1997, 6:00 AM CST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 71
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1143 PM CST WED FEB 26 1997

A...THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR
     
   PARTS OF NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI                        
   PARTS OF NORTHERN ALABAMA                            
   PARTS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE                          

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING UNTIL 600 AM CST.

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


THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 60 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TUSCALOOSA ALABAMA TO 40 MILES
NORTH NORTHEAST OF NASHVILLE 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.
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C...TORNADOES AND A FEW SVR TSTMS WITH HAIL SFC AND ALF TO 1 1/2
INCHES.  EXTRM TURBC AND SFC WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS.  A FEW CBS
WITH MAX TOPS TO 450.  MEAN WIND VECTOR 22055.

D...LN OF STG/SVR TSTMS CONT EWD INTO MRGLY UNSTBL AND HIGHLY
SHEARED WARM SECTOR.  WITH SUCH IMPRESSIVE SHEAR...90 KT AT 7K FT
ACRS TN AND NRN MS/NWRN AL PTNL CONTS FOR SML SCALE SUPERCELLS AND
TORNADOS WITH LN.

E...OTR TSTMS...  CONT..WW 69..WW 70..

...HALES

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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.