Tornado Watch 755

Issued

Oct 23, 1997, 9:15 AM CDT (14:15 UTC)

Expired

Oct 23, 1997, 3:00 PM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

698 
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 755
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
843 AM CDT THU OCT 23 1997

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

   CENTRAL AND EASTERN TEXAS                              

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 915 AM UNTIL 300
PM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 70 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES WEST OF AUSTIN TEXAS TO 80 MILES
NORTHEAST OF COLLEGE STATION TEXAS.

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.


DISCUSSION...CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS DEVELOPED NORTH OF
SAN ANTONIO...AND SHOULD TRACK NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE MORNING
HOURS.  VERY STRONG SUB-TROPICAL JET AND FAVORABLE LOW LEVEL SHEAR
PROFILES INDICATE A THREAT OF A FEW SUPERCELLS/TORNADOES BY LATE
MORNING.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24040.

...HART

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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.