Tornado Watch 581

Issued

Jun 14, 1998, 10:00 PM CDT (03:00 UTC)

Expired

Jun 15, 1998, 3:00 AM CDT

In force

5 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

550 
WWUS9 KMKC 150228
SEL1  
MKC WW 150228
TNZ000-KYZ000-150800-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 581
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
928 PM CDT SUN JUN 14 1998

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

   MIDDLE TENNESSEE                          
   CENTRAL AND EASTERN KENTUCKY                           

EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 1000 PM UNTIL
300 AM 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 100 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NASHVILLE TENNESSEE TO 35
MILES NORTH OF JACKSON KENTUCKY.

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 579...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 580.  WATCH NUMBER 579...580 WILL
NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 1000 PM CDT.  CONTINUE...WW 578...

DISCUSSION...INTENSE BOW ECHO SHOULD CONTINUE MOVING ACROSS KY WITH
THE PRIMARY THREAT BEING FROM DAMAGING STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS. FARTHER
S IN MIDDLE TN...SUPERCELL STRUCTURES REMAIN WITH A THREAT FOR
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 550. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27030.


...VESCIO

354,0885 380,0851 380,0813 354,0852

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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.