Severe Thunderstorm Watch 607

Issued

Jun 18, 1998, 4:15 PM CDT (21:15 UTC)

Expired

Jun 18, 1998, 10:00 PM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WWUS9 KMKC 182046
SEL7  
MKC WW 182046
OKZ000-ARZ000-MOZ000-190300-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 607
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
346 PM CDT THU JUN 18 1998

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

   EASTERN OKLAHOMA                           
   NORTHWEST ARKANSAS                           
   SOUTHWEST MISSOURI                           

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 415 PM UNTIL
1000 PM CDT.

HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 90 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 5 MILES WEST OF MCALESTER OKLAHOMA TO
35 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF MONETT MISSOURI.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR 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 603...WW 604...WW
605...WW 606...

DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING ALONG COLD FRONT IN NERN
OK. AS CAP BREAKS...MORE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM. EXTREME
INSTABILITY WILL FAVOR DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 3 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70
KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550.  MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 27025.


...VESCIO

345,0972 370,0960 370,0925 345,0941

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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.