Tornado Watch 501

Issued

Jun 3, 1998, 5:00 PM EDT (21:00 UTC)

Expired

Jun 3, 1998, 11:00 PM EDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The Greer radar (KGSP), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WWUS9 KMKC 032042
SEL1  
MKC WW 032042
NCZ000-040300-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 501
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
442 PM EDT WED JUN 3 1998

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

   WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA                     

EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 500 PM UNTIL
1100 PM EDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 90 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF CHARLOTTE NORTH CAROLINA
TO 35 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF GREENSBORO 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 499...WW 500...

DISCUSSION...POTENTIAL FOR SUPERCELLS WITH LARGE HAIL/HIGH WINDS
AND ISOLATED TORNADOES THIS EVENING ALONG AND JUST S OF STALLED E/W
FRONT...WHERE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE CONVERGENCE WILL LIKELY INCREASE
BENEATH AREA OF STRONG /60 KTS AT 500 MB/ AND SLIGHTLY DIFFLUENT
WLY FLOW ALOFT. 

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 520. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27035.


...CORFIDI

345,0832 363,0814 363,0783 345,0801

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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.