Tornado Watch 302

Issued

May 7, 1998, 1:30 PM CDT (18:30 UTC)

Expired

May 7, 1998, 8:00 PM CDT

In force

7 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 302
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
113 PM CDT THU MAY 7 1998

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

   MIDDLE AND EASTERN TENNESSEE                          
   WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA                     
   NORTHEAST ALABAMA                            
   NORTHWEST GEORGIA                            

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 130 PM UNTIL 800
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 130 STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE
OF A LINE FROM 5 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF HUNTSVILLE ALABAMA TO 85
MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF KNOXVILLE 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 301...

DISCUSSION...THREAT FOR SUPERCELLS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES SHOULD
INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AS DAYTIME HEATING DESTABILIZES AIRMASS.
GREATEST TORNADO THREAT SHOULD BE ALONG NW-SE ORIENTED BOUNDARY
FROM E OF NASHVILLE TO ALONG THE AL/GA LINE.


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 26030.


...VESCIO

363,0865 363,0832 324,0832 324,0865

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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.