Tornado Watch 74

Issued

Mar 1, 1997, 1:00 AM CST (07:00 UTC)

Expired

Mar 1, 1997, 6:00 AM CST

In force

5 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WWUS9 KMKC 010632
SEL4  
MKC WW 010632
KYZ000-TNZ000-MSZ000-ALZ000-011200-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 74
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1232 AM CST SAT MAR 1 1997

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

   PARTS OF SOUTHWEST KENTUCKY                           
   PARTS OF WESTERN AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE                          
   PARTS OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI                        
   PARTS OF NORTHWEST ALABAMA                            

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY 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 85 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OXFORD MISSISSIPPI TO 40 MILES
WEST NORTHWEST OF BOWLING GREEN KENTUCKY.

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.
$$

C...TORNADOES AND A FEW SVR TSTMS WITH HAIL SFC AND ALF TO 1 1/2
INCHES.  EXTRM TURBC AND SFC WIND GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS.  A FEW CBS
WITH MAX TOPS TO 520.  MEAN WIND VECTOR 22040.

D...VERY MOIST...UNSTBL AMS HAS MOVED NWD INTO SWRN KY WITH FVRBL
SHEAR PROFILES IN PLACE.  TSTMS HAVE CONTD TO INCR ACRS NRN MS AND
WILL LIKELY BECOME SVR AS THEY MOVE INTO FVRBL LOW LVL CNVRGNC. 
SUPERCELLS AND TORNADOES PSBL WITH THESE STMS.

...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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.