Tornado Watch 3

Issued

Jan 3, 2000, 7:00 AM CST (13:00 UTC)

Expired

Jan 3, 2000, 1:00 PM CST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WWUS9 KMKC 031302 COR
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MKC WW 031302 COR
ILZ000-KYZ000-TNZ000-MOZ000-ARZ000-031900-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 3
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
702 AM CST MON JAN 3 2000

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

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
WESTERN KENTUCKY
WESTERN TENNESSEE
SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI
NORTHEASTERN ARKANSAS

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 700 AM UNTIL 100
PM CST.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 80 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES EAST OF MEMPHIS TENNESSEE TO 10 MILES
NORTHWEST OF CARBONDALE 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...  CONTINUE...WW 2...WW 3...

DISCUSSION...CONVECTIVE CLUSTER MOVING THROUGH AXIS OF WEAK TO
MODERATE INSTABILITY AHEAD OF STRONG SURFACE LOW/UPPER TROUGH. WIND
SHEAR VERY STRONG WITH 70 KT MID LEVEL FLOW OVER 50 KT LOW LEVEL
JET. POTENTIAL THEREFORE EXISTS FOR SCATTERED WIND DAMAGE AND
ISOLATED TORNADOES.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24040.


...ROGASH

350,0905 375,0905 375,0875 350,0880

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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.