Tornado Watch 62

Issued

Feb 25, 1998, 9:30 PM CST (03:30 UTC)

Expired

Feb 26, 1998, 3:00 AM CST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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WWUS9 KMKC 260303
SEL2  
MKC WW 260303
TXZ000-260900-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 62
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
903 PM CST WED FEB 25 1998

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

   CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS                              

EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 930 PM
UNTIL 300 AM CST.

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 75 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF BEEVILLE TEXAS TO 50
MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF TEMPLE TEXAS.

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 SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 61.  WATCH NUMBER 61 WILL NOT BE IN
EFFECT AFTER 930 PM CST.  CONTINUE...WW 59...WW 60...  WW 59 AND WW
60 WILL BE REPLACED BY NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH SHORTLY.

DISCUSSION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS
CENTRAL TEXAS AHEAD OF STRONG UPPER TROUGH MOVING ACROSS WEST
TEXAS.  CONVECTION IS MOVING INTO INCREASINGLY MOIST/UNSTABLE AIR
MASS WITH LUFTED INDEX TO -7.  VAD WIND PROFILES SHOW STRONG
SOUTHERLY FLOW JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE...VEERING AND INCREASING IN
SPEED WITH HEIGHT.  PROFILES SUGGEST CONTINUED THREAT FOR SUPERCELL
DEVELOPMENT...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.


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 480. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22040.


...WEISS

280,0993 311,0975 311,0951 280,0971

Tornado Watches in Texas, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.