Tornado Watch 704

Issued

Jun 29, 1998, 6:00 PM CDT (23:00 UTC)

Expired

Jun 30, 1998, 12:00 AM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

697 
WWUS9 KMKC 292239
SEL4  
MKC WW 292239
MOZ000-ILZ000-KYZ000-INZ000-300500-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 704
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
539 PM CDT MON JUN 29 1998

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

   EXTREME EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI                    
   SOUTHERN ILLINOIS                           
   WESTERN KENTUCKY                           
   SOUTHWEST INDIANA                            

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 600 PM UNTIL
MIDNIGHT CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 95 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 55 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALTON ILLINOIS TO 20 MILES
WEST OF FORT CAMPBELL 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...  CONTINUE...WW 701...WW 702...WW 703...

DISCUSSION...LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO SURGE
SOUTHEASTWARD INTO SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. RADAR INDICATES WELL-DEFINED
BOW ECHO WITH CONTINUED THREAT OF WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WIND GUSTS
AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.

ADDITIONAL WATCHES...NEW WATCH WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED SHORTLY FOR
MUCH OF INDIANA INTO CENTRAL KENTUCKY.


AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 80 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27035.


...WEISS

392,0873 364,0861 364,0892 392,0910

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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.