Tornado Watch 586

Issued

Jun 15, 1998, 3:45 PM CDT (20:45 UTC)

Expired

Jun 15, 1998, 9:00 PM CDT

In force

5 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

690 
WWUS9 KMKC 152007
SEL6  
MKC WW 152007
LAZ000-MSZ000-160200-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 586
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
307 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1998

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

   NORTHERN LOUISIANA                          
   CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI                        

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 345 PM UNTIL 900
PM 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 50 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF MONROE LOUISIANA TO
20 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF MERIDIAN MISSISSIPPI.

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 583...WW 584...WW 585...

DISCUSSION...VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS LA INTO MS WITH CAPES AOA 4000
J/KG.  88-D VAD PROFILES AND PROFILERS INDICATE FAVORABLE VEERING
SHEAR PROFILES FOR SUPERCELLS AND TORNADOS.  STORMS EXPECTED TO
RAPIDLY DEVELOP NRN LA AND MOVE INTO MS.


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 580. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25030.


...HALES

330,0924 325,0882 312,0882 313,0924

Tornado Watches in Mississippi, 1998Tornado Watches in Louisiana, 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.