Tornado Watch 30

Issued

Feb 24, 2001, 11:15 AM CST (17:15 UTC)

Expired

Feb 24, 2001, 5:00 PM CST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WWUS9 KMKC 241659
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MKC WW 241652
ARZ000-KSZ000-MOZ000-OKZ000-242300-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 30
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1052 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2001

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

NORTHWEST ARKANSAS                           
EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS                             
SOUTHWEST MISSOURI                           
NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA                           

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 1115 AM UNTIL
500 PM CST.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 95 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 15 MILES WEST OF FORT SMITH ARKANSAS TO 30 MILES
NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD MISSOURI.

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 29...

DISCUSSION...SQUALL LINE ACROSS ERN OK EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY AND
DEVELOP E/NEWD TOWARD SW MO AND NW AR LATER THIS AFTERNOON.  AT THE
SAME TIME...LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE WILL SPREAD NWD ACROSS ERN OK/AR
TOWARD SRN MO...RESULTING IN SUFFICIENT DESTABILIZATION FOR SEVERE
STORMS.  VERTICAL WIND SHEAR PROFILES ARE FAVORABLE FOR BOW ECHOES
WITH DAMAGING WINDS WITHIN THE SQUALL LINE...AS WELL AS THE THREAT
OF AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO IN THE LINE.  FARTHER E...
DESTABILIZATION MAY ALLOW ISOLATED SUPERCELLS TO FORM E OF THE
SQUALL LINE...AND SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE TORNADOES THIS
AFTERNOON.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 80 KNOTS.  [A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23045.

...THOMPSON

;351,0960 373,0945 373,0915 351,0931;

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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.