Tornado Watch 787

Issued

Nov 8, 2000, 3:00 PM CST (21:00 UTC)

Expired

Nov 8, 2000, 9:00 PM CST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

694 
WWUS9 KMKC 082031
SEL7  

SEL7  
MKC WW 082025
MSZ000-090300-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 787
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
225 PM CST WED NOV 8 2000

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

   MISSISSIPPI                        

EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 300 PM UNTIL
900 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 80 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF MC COMB MISSISSIPPI TO
OXFORD MISSISSIPPI.

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 786...

DISCUSSION...STRONG AND SEVERE STORMS ARE DEVELOPING OVER THE WARM
SECTOR IN MISSISSIPPI...WITH OTHER SEVERE STORMS APPROACHING FROM
THE WEST IN LOUISIANA.  AIR MASS SOUTH OF THE WARM FRONT IS VERY
MOIST WITH DEW POINTS IN THE LOW 70S...CONTRIBUTING TO SBCAPE OF
2000-3000 J/KG.  WINDS ALOFT FROM PROFILER AND VAD DATA INDICATE
STRONG VERTICAL SHEAR AND HELICITY SUFFICIENT FOR SUPERCELL
DEVELOPMENT.    


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 22035.


...WEISS

310,0912 342,0905 342,0880 310,0884

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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.