Tornado Watch 67

Issued

Feb 26, 1998, 9:30 AM CST (15:30 UTC)

Expired

Feb 26, 1998, 4:00 PM CST

In force

7 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

471 
WWUS9 KMKC 261520
SEL7  
MKC WW 261520
MSZ000-LAZ000-262200-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 67
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
920 AM CST THU FEB 26 1998

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

   SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI                        
   EASTERN AND SOUTHERN LOUISIANA                          
   AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 930 AM UNTIL 400
PM CST.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 105 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES SOUTH OF HOUMA LOUISIANA TO 25 MILES NORTH
OF JACKSON 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 66...

DISCUSSION...SQUALL LINE WITH LEWPS AND POSSIBLE BOWS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE ENE INTO MS TODAY AT NOSE OF STRONG WSWLY MID-LEVEL JET
NOW OVER TX.  EASTERLY LOW LEVEL WINDS AHEAD OF LINE WILL ENHANCE
STORM-RELATIVE INFLOW AND EWD PROPAGATION OF LINE...AS WELL AS
POTENTIAL FOR BOW-HEAD TORNADOES DESPITE MODEST THERMODYNAMIC
ENVIRONMENT.    

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23040.


...CORFIDI

290,0922 324,0915 324,0881 290,0885

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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.