Tornado Watch 705

Issued

Jun 29, 1998, 6:30 PM EST (23:30 UTC)

Expired

Jun 30, 1998, 12:00 AM EST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WWUS9 KMKC 292258
SEL5  
MKC WW 292258
INZ000-KYZ000-300500-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 705
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
558 PM EST MON JUN 29 1998

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

   INDIANA                            
   CENTRAL KENTUCKY                           

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 630 PM UNTIL
MIDNIGHT EST.

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 70 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF BOWLING GREEN KENTUCKY
TO 55 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE INDIANA.

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...WW 704...

DISCUSSION...LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS IS
MOVING SOUTHEASTWARD AT 50-60 KT MAINTAINING POTENTIAL FOR
WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.  OTHER STRONG STORMS ARE FORMING
AHEAD OF THE LINE INTO NORTHERN INDIANA IN MESOSCALE ZONE OF WARM
ADVECTION...AND OVER 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

363,0873 413,0871 413,0843 363,0845

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.