Tornado Watch 782

Issued

Oct 31, 1997, 1:45 PM EST (18:45 UTC)

Expired

Oct 31, 1997, 8:00 PM EST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 782
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
114 PM EST FRI OCT 31 1997

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

   CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN FLORIDA                            
   AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 145 PM UNTIL 800
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 80 STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF
A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTH OF SARASOTA FLORIDA TO 20 MILES EAST 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...WIND PROFILES CONTINUE TO BECOME INCREASING FAVORABLE
FOR SUPERCELLS AND TORNADOES VICINITY NWD MOVING WARM FRONT ACROSS
CENTRAL FL PEN.  AIRMASS S OF FRONT TROPICAL AND QUITE UNSTABLE. 
CURRENT TSTMS EXPECTED TO INCREASE REMAINDER AFTERNOON.


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 550. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22030.


...HALES

280,0830 290,0805 270,0794 260,0815

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.