Severe Thunderstorm Watch 99

Issued

Mar 16, 2000, 8:00 PM CST (02:00 UTC)

Expired

Mar 17, 2000, 12:00 AM CST

In force

4 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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WWUS9 KMKC 170138
SEL9  
MKC WW 170138
TXZ000-170600-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 99
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
738 PM CST THU MAR 16 2000

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

   CENTRAL AND EASTERN TEXAS                              

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT FROM 800 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST.

HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 80 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF VICTORIA
TEXAS TO 60 MILES NORTH OF COLLEGE STATION TEXAS.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR 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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REPLACES
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 96.  WATCH NUMBER 96 WILL NOT BE
IN EFFECT AFTER 800 PM CST.  CONTINUE...WW 97...WW 98...

DISCUSSION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE COLD FRONT FROM NEAR
CLL TO SOUTHEAST OF SAT ARE CONTINUING TO MOVE EWD INTO MOIST AND
UNSTABLE AIR MASS WITH MUCAPE AROUND 2000 J/KG.  LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.  FARTHER
WEST...ELEVATED STORMS HAVE DEVELOPED WEST OF THE COLD FRONT WHERE
INSTABILITY ALOFT REMAINS AHEAD OF APPROACHING UPPER TROUGH.  LARGE
HAIL IS THE MOST LIKELY THREAT WEST OF THE COLD FRONT.


AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 2 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450.  MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 27030.


...WEISS

312,0950 283,0954 283,0981 312,0974

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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.