Tornado Watch 10

Issued

Jan 3, 2000, 5:15 PM CST (23:15 UTC)

Expired

Jan 3, 2000, 11:00 PM CST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

752 
WWUS9 KMKC 032238
SEL0  

SEL0  
MKC WW 032238
ALZ000-MSZ000-TNZ000-040500-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 10
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
438 PM CST MON JAN 3 2000

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

   NORTH AND WEST ALABAMA                            
   EAST MISSISSIPPI                        
   MIDDLE TENNESSEE                          

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 515 PM UNTIL 1100
PM CST.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 55 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF LAUREL MISSISSIPPI TO 50
MILES NORTHWEST OF CROSSVILLE TENNESSEE.

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 5...WW 6...WW 7...WW
8...WW 9...

DISCUSSION...VERY FAVORABLE WIND PROFILES FOR TORNADIC SUPERCELLS
AHEAD OF ONGOING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MS AND WRN TN.  WITH
CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AS
INSTABILITY CONTINUES TO SPREAD EWD...TORNADIC THREAT WILL CONTINUE
EWD WELL INTO THE NIGHT ACROSS THE WW AREA.


AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23040.


...HALES

312,0893 362,0864 362,0844 312,0874

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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.