Tornado Watch 247

Issued

May 8, 2000, 6:45 PM CDT (23:45 UTC)

Expired

May 9, 2000, 12:00 AM CDT

In force

5 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 247
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
616 PM CDT MON MAY 8 2000

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

   WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS                           
   SOUTHEAST KANSAS                             
   MISSOURI                           

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 645 PM UNTIL
MIDNIGHT CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 70 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 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JOPLIN MISSOURI TO 65 MILES
NORTHEAST OF QUINCY ILLINOIS.

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 TORNADO WATCH
NUMBER 245.  WATCH NUMBER 245 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 645 PM
CDT.  CONTINUE...WW 246...

DISCUSSION...STORMS DEVELOPING ALONG FRONTAL ZONE WRN MO. WITH
CONTINUED WEAKENING OF CAP IN THE VERY UNSTABLE WARM SECTOR  SEVERE
STORMS WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD VICINITY FRONTAL ZONE WITH SHEAR
PROFILES SUFFICIENT FOR SUPERCELLS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.


AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24030.


...HALES

365,0955 403,0913 403,0885 365,0932

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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.