Tornado Watch 75

Issued

Mar 1, 1997, 12:00 PM CST (18:00 UTC)

Expired

Mar 1, 1997, 6:00 PM CST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 75
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1134 AM CST SAT MAR 1 1997

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

   PARTS OF NORTHEASTERN TEXAS                              
   PARTS OF SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA                           
   MUCH OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN ARKANSAS                           

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING UNTIL 600 PM 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 60 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF DALLAS TEXAS TO 30 MILES
NORTHWEST OF WALNUT RIDGE ARKANSAS.

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 3/4
INCHES.  EXTRM TURBC AND SFC WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS.  A FEW CBS
WITH MAX TOPS TO 450.  MEAN WIND VECTOR 24045.

D...THUNDERSTORMS INTENSIFYING ALONG/JUST AHEAD OF SURFACE BOUNDARY
MOVING INTO UNSEASONABLY WARM MOIST AIR MASS. CAPES FROM 1500 TO
2500...COMBINED WITH 40 TO 50 KT LOW LEVEL JET...INDICATES
COMBINATION OF SHEAR AND INSTABILITY FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS.

E...OTR TSTMS... 

...ROGASH

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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.