Tornado Watch 36

Issued

Feb 16, 1998, 1:00 PM EST (18:00 UTC)

Expired

Feb 16, 1998, 6:00 PM EST

In force

5 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Brevard County, FL, Citrus County, FL, Flagler County, FL, Hardee County, FL, Hernando County, FL, Hillsborough County, FL, Lake County, FL, Manatee County, FL, Marion County, FL, Orange County, FL, Osceola County, FL, Pasco County, FL, Pinellas County, FL, Polk County, FL, Putnam County, FL, Sarasota County, FL, Seminole County, FL, Sumter County, FL, Volusia County, FL

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 36
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1219 PM EST MON FEB 16 1998

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

   CENTRAL AND NORTHERN FLORIDA PENINSULA                         
   AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 100 PM UNTIL 600
PM EST.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 80 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAINT PETERSBURG FLORIDA
TO 25 MILES EAST OF DAYTONA BEACH FLORIDA.

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 35.  WATCH NUMBER 35 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 100 PM EST.

DISCUSSION...FAVORABLE SHEAR PROFILES FOR SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO
REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS FL PENINSULA REMAINDER OF AFTERNOON.  WITH
MODERATE INSTABILITY  IN SOUTHERLY FLOW...ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE
LIKELY WITH STORMS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS PENINSULA.


AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23040.


...HALES

284,0830 302,0803 280,0803 262,0830

Tornado Watches in Florida, 1998Every tornado watch in 1998

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.