Tornado Watch 75

Issued

Mar 1, 1998, 3:15 AM EST (08:15 UTC)

Expired

Mar 1, 1998, 9:00 AM EST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 75
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
254 AM EST SUN MAR 1 1998

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

   CENTRAL AND SOUTH FLORIDA                            
   AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING FROM 315 AM UNTIL 900 AM EST.

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 85 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF ORLANDO FLORIDA TO 70
MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT MEYERS FLORIDA.

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 74.  WATCH NUMBER 74 WILL NOT BE IN
EFFECT AFTER 315 AM EST.

DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS SW OF LAKE OKEECHOBEE ARE EXHIBITING
SOME ROTATION WITH ACTIVITY OFF THE COAST OF TPA ALSO SHOWING SIGNS
OF ORGANIZATION. A FEW CELLS MAY PRODUCE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS THROUGH THIS MORNING GIVEN SHARP MID-LEVEL DRY INTRUSION AND
MODERATE INSTABILITY. AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO COULD OCCUR WITH
ANY STORMS THAT MOVE ALONG E-W OUTFLOW BOUNDARY LOCATED FROM JUST
SOUTH OF TAMPA TO NEAR MELBOURNE.


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 25035.


...VESCIO

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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.