Tornado Watch 763

Issued

Oct 9, 2001, 3:30 PM CDT (20:30 UTC)

Expired

Oct 9, 2001, 9:00 PM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 763
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
314 PM CDT TUE OCT 9 2001

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

CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEBRASKA                           

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 330 PM UNTIL 900
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 60 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF AINSWORTH NEBRASKA TO 45
MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF HASTINGS NEBRASKA.

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 761...

DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP NEAR THE
INTERSECTION OF THE DRYLINE AND A WARM FRONT ACROSS S CENTRAL NEB
IN THE NEXT 1-2 HOURS...WITH STORMS SPREADING NEWD THEREAFTER. 
THOUGH MID/UPPER LEVEL FLOW IS RELATIVELY WEAK OVER THIS AREA...
THE PRONOUNCED LOW-LEVEL BOUNDARIES AND ACCOMPANYING SHEAR COULD
SUPPORT A FEW TORNADOES IN THE FIRST FEW HOURS AFTER INITIATION.

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 450. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22020.


...THOMPSON

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Tornado Watches in Nebraska, 2001Every tornado watch in 2001

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.