Tornado Watch 76

Issued

Mar 1, 1997, 2:30 PM CST (20:30 UTC)

Expired

Mar 1, 1997, 9:00 PM CST

In force

7 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WWUS9 KMKC 012003
SEL6  
MKC WW 012003
MOZ000-ARZ000-KYZ000-TNZ000-MSZ000-020300-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 76
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
203 PM CST SAT MAR 1 1997

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

   PARTS OF SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI                           
   PARTS OF NORTHEASTERN ARKANSAS                           
   PARTS OF WESTERN KENTUCKY                           
   PARTS OF WESTERN AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE                          
   PARTS OF NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI                        

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING UNTIL 900 PM CST.

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


THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 100 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES WEST OF OXFORD MISSISSIPPI TO 50 MILES
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 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...CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING WITHIN MOIST UNSTABLE AIR
MASS WHERE CAPES 1500 TO 2500 J/KG. 50 KT LOW LEVEL JET COMBINED
WITH MID LEVEL FLOW INCREASING TO NEAR 80 KTS WILL RESULT IN
SUFFICIENT SHEAR FOR TORNADIC SUPERCELLS.

E...OTR TSTMS...  CONT..WW 75..

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