Tornado Watch 294

Issued

May 6, 1998, 4:00 PM CDT (21:00 UTC)

Expired

May 6, 1998, 10:00 PM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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WWUS9 KMKC 062033
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MKC WW 062033
TNZ000-ARZ000-MOZ000-070300-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 294
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
333 PM CDT WED MAY 6 1998

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

   WESTERN TENNESSEE                          
   NORTHERN ARKANSAS                           
   SOUTHERN MISSOURI                           

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

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 75 STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF
A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF FAYETTEVILLE ARKANSAS TO 10 MILES
NORTHEAST OF DYERSBURG 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.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...  CONTINUE...WW 292...WW 293...

DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD RAPIDLY INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA
AS HEATING HAS ERODED THE CAPPING INVERSION. SHEAR PROFILES ARE
SUPPORTIVE OF SUPERCELLS.


AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27025.


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372,0942 371,0891 350,0891 351,0943

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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.