Tornado Watch 781

Issued

Oct 27, 1997, 10:00 AM EST (15:00 UTC)

Expired

Oct 27, 1997, 4:00 PM EST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 781
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
926 AM EST MON OCT 27 1997

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

   CENTRAL FLORIDA                            
   AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 1000 AM UNTIL 400
PM EST.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 75 STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF
A LINE FROM 10 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF SARASOTA FLORIDA TO 15 MILES
EAST SOUTHEAST OF MELBOURNE FLORIDA.

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...THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING OVER CENTRAL FLORIDA AND
EASTERN GULF AS COLD FRONT ADVANCES INTO REGION OF 2000 TO 3000
J/KG CAPES. WIND SHEAR PROFILES FAVOR DAMAGING DOWNBURSTS AND
ISOLATED TORNADOES. 

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24045.


...ROGASH

282,0830 290,0804 265,0800 261,0821

Tornado Watches in Florida, 1997Every tornado watch in 1997

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.