Tornado Watch 432

Issued

Jun 12, 2000, 4:15 PM CDT (21:15 UTC)

Expired

Jun 12, 2000, 10:00 PM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

711 
WWUS9 KMKC 122046
SEL2  
MKC WW 122046
MNZ000-NDZ000-130300-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 432
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
346 PM CDT MON JUN 12 2000

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

   NORTHWEST MINNESOTA                          
   CENTRAL AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA                       

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 415 PM UNTIL 1000
PM CDT.

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

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 75 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 100 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JAMESTOWN NORTH DAKOTA TO 60
MILES NORTH OF THIEF RIVER FALLS MINNESOTA.

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 429...WW 430...

DISCUSSION...AXIS OF MODERATE INSTABILITY THRU ERN ND WITH APPROACH
OF MID LEVEL WIND MAX.  SHEAR PROFILES FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS AND
ISOLATED TORNADOES.  STORMS INITIALLY DEVELOPING NERN ND IN BEST
LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE.  ADDITIONAL SEVERE STORMS EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP FURTHER SWWD INTO CENTRAL ND VICINITY FRONTAL BOUNDARY.


AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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 550. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24030.


...HALES

485,0942 455,0983 455,1014 485,0974

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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.