Tornado Watch 94

Issued

Mar 5, 1997, 11:30 AM CST (17:30 UTC)

Expired

Mar 5, 1997, 5:00 PM CST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 94
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1048 AM CST WED MAR 5 1997

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

   PARTS OF NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI                        
   PARTS OF NORTHERN ALABAMA                            
   PARTS OF MIDDLE AND EASTERN TENNESSEE                          

EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON UNTIL 500 PM 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 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GREENWOOD MISSISSIPPI TO 50
MILES NORTHEAST OF CROSSVILLE 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.
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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 23045.

D...TSTMS FM MIDDLE TN SWWD INTO NRN MS ARE EXPCD TO INTSFY THIS
AFTN AS CDFNT MOVES SEWD INTO INCRGLY UNSTBL AMS.  SFC TEMPS ARE
EXPCD TO CONT WARMING WHERE STLT IMAGERY INDCS BREAKS IN CLD COVER
FM CNTRL MS INTO NRN AL...RESULTING IN MDTLY UNSTBL AMS WITH LIFTED
INDEX TO -6.  VAD DATA INDC WINDS VEER AND INCR RPDLY WITH HGT ABV
THE SFC WITH 50-55 KT WINDS ARND 5 KFT CREATING VERT SHEAR PROFILE
FVRBL FOR SVR TSTMS AND PSBL SUPERCELLS.  CNVTN NOW MOVG INTO NERN
TN HAS GENERATED E/W ORIENTED OUTFLOW BNDRY OVR MID/ERN TN WHICH
MAY PROVIDE ADDNL FOCUS FOR SVR TSTM DVLPMT. 

...WEISS

Tornado Watches in Tennessee, 1997Tornado Watches in Mississippi, 1997Tornado Watches in Alabama, 1997Every tornado watch in 1997

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