Tornado Watch 481

Issued

May 31, 1998, 5:00 PM EDT (21:00 UTC)

Expired

May 31, 1998, 10:00 PM EDT

In force

5 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

077 
WWUS9 KMKC 312034 COR
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MKC WW 312034 COR
PAZ000-NJZ000-NYZ000-CTZ000-010200-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 481
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
434 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998

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

CENTRAL AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA
CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NEW JERSEY
SOUTHEAST NEW YORK
WESTERN LONG ISLAND
SOUTHWEST CONNECTICUT
AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 500 PM UNTIL 1000
PM EDT.

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 55 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 5 MILES SOUTH OF PHILIPSBURG PENNSYLVANIA TO
10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ISLIP NEW YORK.

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 477...WW 478...WW
479...WW 480...

DISCUSSION...THREAT FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING AS
CAP BEGINS TO BREAK. AIRMASS IS VERY UNSTABLE AND DEEP LAYER SHEAR
PROFILES ARE SUPPORTIVE OF BOTH BOW ECHOES AND SUPERCELL TORNADOES.


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 26040.


...VESCIO

413,0780 412,0725 395,0725 400,0780

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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.