Severe Thunderstorm Watch 365

Issued

May 26, 2000, 4:15 PM CDT (21:15 UTC)

Expired

May 26, 2000, 9:00 PM CDT

In force

5 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

761 
WWUS9 KMKC 262105
SEL5  
MKC WW 262105
KYZ000-TNZ000-270200-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 365
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
405 PM CDT FRI MAY 26 2000

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

   WESTERN AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY                           
   WESTERN AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE                          

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 415 PM UNTIL 900
PM CDT.

HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 65 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JACKSON
TENNESSEE TO 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF OWENSBORO KENTUCKY.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR 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 362...WW 363...WW 364...

DISCUSSION...LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE EWD AHEAD OF
MESOSCALE VORTICITY CENTER IN W CENTRAL IL.  AIR MASS CONTINUE TO
DESTABILIZE OVER TN WITH CAPE TO 3000 J/KG.  PRESSURE FALLS OVER
CENTRAL KY INDICATES ACITIVITY MAY MOVE INTO PARTS OF CENTRAL KY
WITH THE THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL.

AVIATION...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 500.  MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 27035.


...MCCARTHY

375,0853 350,0870 350,0892 375,0880

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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.