Tornado Watch 124

Issued

Mar 27, 1998, 4:30 PM CST (22:30 UTC)

Expired

Mar 27, 1998, 10:00 PM CST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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WWUS9 KMKC 272151
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MKC WW 272151
MOZ000-ILZ000-TNZ000-ARZ000-280400-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 124
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
351 PM CST FRI MAR 27 1998

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

   EASTERN MISSOURI                           
   WESTERN ILLINOIS                           
   WESTERN TENNESSEE                          
   NORTHEAST ARKANSAS                           

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 430 PM UNTIL 1000
PM CST.

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 60 STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF
A LINE FROM 25 MILES WEST OF MEMPHIS TENNESSEE TO 40 MILES NORTH
NORTHWEST OF ALTON ILLINOIS.

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.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...  CONTINUE...WW 123...

DISCUSSION...INTENSE SQUALL LINE CONTINUING TO MOVE RAPIDLY EWD
AHEAD OF STRONG UPPER TROF EJECTING ENEWD ACROSS CENTRAL PLAINS. 
PRIMARY THREAT WITH LINE WILL CONTINUE TO BE DAMAGING
WINDS...HOWEVER WIND PROFILES ARE FAVORABLE FOR ISOLATED SUPERCELLS
AND 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 23045.


...HALES

350,0912 392,0912 392,0891 350,0892

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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.