Tornado Watch 486

Issued

May 31, 1998, 9:45 PM EDT (01:45 UTC)

Expired

Jun 1, 1998, 4:00 AM EDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 486
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
923 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998

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

   MOST OF TENNESSEE                          
   WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA                     

EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 945 PM UNTIL
400 AM 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 25 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF JACKSON TENNESSEE
TO 50 MILES EAST 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...  CONTINUE...WW 479...WW 480...WW
481...WW 483...WW 484...WW 485...

DISCUSSION...VERY UNSTABLE AIR MASS EXTENDS ACROSS REGION WITH 3000
TO 5000 J/KG CAPES. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DEVELOP OVER WATCH AREA AS
SURFACE BOUNDARY APPROACHES FROM THE NORTH. VERTICAL WIND PROFILES
INDICATE A FEW TORNADIC SUPERCELLS WILL DEVELOP ALONG WITH
SCATTERED DOWNBURST AND LARGE HAIL EVENTS.

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 29035.


...ROGASH

364,0890 362,0814 344,0814 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.