Tornado Watch 71

Issued

Mar 7, 2000, 2:30 PM CST (20:30 UTC)

Expired

Mar 7, 2000, 8:00 PM CST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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WWUS9 KMKC 072002
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 71
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
202 PM CST TUE MAR 7 2000

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

   WESTERN OKLAHOMA                           
   NORTHWEST TEXAS                              

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 230 PM UNTIL 800
PM CST.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 60 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF SAN ANGELO TEXAS TO 50
MILES NORTH OF GAGE OKLAHOMA.

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 68...WW 69...WW 70...

DISCUSSION...SQUALL LINE HAS FORMED WRN TX AND WILL MOVE RAPIDLY N
AND E INTO WRN OK/NWRN TX.  INSTABILITY AND WIND PROFILES WILL
BECOME INCREASINGLY FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS AND TORNADOES AS LINE
MOVES EWD INTO DEEPER UNSTABLE AIRMASS.


AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24040.


...HALES

;370,0984 311,0990 311,1010 370,1005;

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