Tornado Watch 5

Issued

Jan 3, 2000, 11:00 AM CST (17:00 UTC)

Expired

Jan 3, 2000, 5:00 PM CST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

921 
WWUS9 KMKC 031621
SEL5  

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ILZ000-INZ000-KYZ000-TNZ000-032300-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 5
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1021 AM CST MON JAN 3 2000

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

   PARTS OF SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS                           
   PARTS OF SOUTHERN INDIANA                            
   WESTERN AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY                           
   PARTS OF WESTERN AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE                          

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 1100 AM UNTIL 500
PM CST.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 80 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 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLARKSVILLE TENNESSEE TO 40
MILES NORTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY.

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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 3.  WATCH NUMBER 3 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT
AFTER 1100 AM CST.  CONTINUE...WW 4...

DISCUSSION...LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE EWD/NEWD ACROSS
SRN IL INTO EXTREME WRN KY AT ABOUT 60 KT.  STRONG VERTICAL SHEAR
PROFILES AND DESTABILIZING AIR MASS AHEAD OF ACTIVITY CONTINUES
THREAT FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES.


AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24045.


...MCCARTHY

360,0891 383,0873 383,0845 360,0864

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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.