Tornado Watch 774

Issued

Oct 11, 2001, 1:15 PM CDT (18:15 UTC)

Expired

Oct 11, 2001, 6:00 PM CDT

In force

5 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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WWUS9 KMKC 111759
SEL4  

SEL4  
MKC WW 111754
MSZ000-112300-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 774
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1254 PM CDT THU OCT 11 2001

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

   MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI                        

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 115 PM UNTIL 600
PM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO
70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 70 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES SOUTH OF JACKSON MISSISSIPPI TO 15 MILES
NORTHEAST OF 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 772...WW 773...

DISCUSSION...LINE OF STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO TRACK
EASTWARD ACROSS LA/SOUTHERN AR TOWARD MS.  AIRMASS AHEAD OF LINE IS
MODERATELY UNSTABLE WITH SBCAPE VALUES OF 1000-2000 J/KG AND
DEWPOINTS NEAR 70F.  SMALL BOWS/LEWPS ALONG LINE MAY PRODUCE
DAMAGING WINDS.  ALSO...ISOLATED SUPERCELLS AHEAD OF AND EMBEDDED
IN LINE WILL BE CAPABLE OF TORNADOES.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH...EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.

...HART

343,0880 312,0885 312,0911 343,0903

Tornado Watches in Mississippi, 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.