Tornado Watch 81

Issued

Mar 1, 1997, 9:00 PM CST (03:00 UTC)

Expired

Mar 2, 1997, 3:00 AM CST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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WWUS9 KMKC 020235
SEL1  
MKC WW 020235
TNZ000-ARZ000-MSZ000-020900-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 81
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
835 PM CST SAT MAR 1 1997

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

   PARTS OF WESTERN AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE                          
   PARTS OF EASTERN AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS                         
   PARTS OF WESTERN AND NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI                      
 
EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING UNTIL 300 AM CST.

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


THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 85 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF EL DORADO ARKANSAS TO 35
MILES NORTH OF NASHVILLE TENNESSEE.

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.

B..OTHER WATCH INFORMATION.. THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO
WATCH NUMBER 76...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 78...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER
79.  WATCH NUMBER 76...78...79 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 900 PM
CST.
$$

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...VRY STG VERT SHEAR TO CONT DURG THE OVRNGT HRS ALG RAIN-COOLED
BNDRY OVR THE LWR MS/TN VLY.  SFC-BASED CAPE ARND 1000 J/KG... WITH
DWPTS IN THE MID TO UPR 60S...COUPLED WITH MAINLY UNIDIRECTIONAL
SHEAR...SUGS CONTD POTENTIAL FOR BOW ECHOES AND ISOLD TORNADOES.  

E...OTR TSTMS... THIS WATCH REPLACES..WW 76..WW 78..WW 79..
CONT..WW 80..

...CORFIDI

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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.