Tornado Watch 232

Issued

Apr 16, 1998, 4:00 PM CDT (21:00 UTC)

Expired

Apr 16, 1998, 10:00 PM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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900 
WWUS9 KMKC 162021
SEL2  
MKC WW 162021
TNZ000-NCZ000-170300-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 232
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
321 PM CDT THU APR 16 1998

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

   TENNESSEE                          
   WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA                     

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 400 PM UNTIL
1000 PM CDT.

THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF
VERY DAMAGING TORNADOES.  ALSO...LARGE HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN
DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 55 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF JACKSON TENNESSEE
TO 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF ASHEVILLE NORTH CAROLINA.

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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO WATCH
NUMBER 228...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 230.  WATCH NUMBER 228...230 WILL
NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 400 PM CDT.  CONTINUE...WW 231...

DISCUSSION...SUPERCELL THREAT WILL CONTINUE IN VICINITY OF EXISTING 
OUTFLOW BOUNDARY STALLED ROUGHLY E/W ACROSS WATCH REGION....WHERE
STRONGEST LOW-LEVEL INFLOW WILL FOCUS BENEATH EXIT REGION OF HIGH
LEVEL JET STREAK NOW ENTERING ERN AR.  

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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 480. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25040.


...CORFIDI

363,0890 363,0821 345,0821 350,0890

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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.