Tornado Watch 765

Issued

Oct 25, 1997, 12:30 PM CDT (17:30 UTC)

Expired

Oct 25, 1997, 7:00 PM CDT

In force

7 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 164 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WWUS9 KMKC 251655
SEL5  
MKC WW 251655
TXZ000-260000-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 765
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1155 AM CDT SAT OCT 25 1997

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

   NORTHERN AND EASTERN TEXAS                              

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1230 PM UNTIL
700 PM CDT.

THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF
VERY DAMAGING TORNADOES.  ALSO...LARGE HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN
DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 95 MPH...AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 85 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES WEST OF LUFKIN TEXAS TO 15 MILES NORTHEAST
OF PARIS 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.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...  CONTINUE...WW 763...WW 764...

DISCUSSION...HIGH POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TORNADOES THIS AFTERNOON
ACROSS WATCH AREA AS EXIT REGION OF 100+ KT SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO
SPEED MAX OVERSPREADS REGION OF RICH GULF MOISTURE INFLOW.  COUPLED
WITH MODEST SURFACE HEATING AND MID LEVEL COLD ADVECTION...CAPE
SHOULD RISE TO ABOVE 3000 J/KG.  

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 80 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24040.


...CORFIDI

311,0964 334,0964 334,0934 311,0935

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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.