Tornado Watch 189

Issued

Apr 20, 2000, 5:15 PM CDT (22:15 UTC)

Expired

Apr 20, 2000, 9:00 PM CDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 189
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
454 PM CDT THU APR 20 2000

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

   MIDDLE TENNESSEE                          

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 515 PM UNTIL 900
PM CDT.

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

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 75 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 80 MILES SOUTH OF NASHVILLE TENNESSEE TO 50 MILES
NORTH NORTHWEST OF CROSSVILLE TENNESSEE.

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 187...WW 188...

DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE INCREASED OVER MIDDLE TN...WITH
SOME POTENTIAL FOR SUPERCELLS GIVEN STRONG DEEP LAYER SHEAR.
ACTIVITY SHOULD BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATER THIS EVENING AS UPPER
SYSTEM MOVES BY THE AREA.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24045.

...VESCIO

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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.