Tornado Watch 795

Issued

Nov 9, 2000, 12:00 PM EST (17:00 UTC)

Expired

Nov 9, 2000, 5:00 PM EST

In force

5 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

523 
WWUS9 KMKC 091633
SEL5  

SEL5  
MKC WW 091627
INZ000-KYZ000-TNZ000-092200-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 795
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1027 AM CST THU NOV 9 2000

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

   SOUTHERNINDIANA                            
   KENTUCKY                           
   MIDDLE AND EASTERN TENNESSEE                          

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 1100 AM UNTIL
400 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 65 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY TO 40
MILES WEST OF CHATTANOOGA 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 794...

DISCUSSION...SQUALL LINE WILL RAPIDLY DEVELOP ALONG COLD FRONT
MOVING INTO WRN KY/TN.  VIGOROUS UPPER TROUGH AND MID LEVEL WIND
MAX MOVING NEWD INTO TN VALLEY WILL PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR BOTH
DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ASSOCIATED WITH SQUALL LINE. 


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 22040.


...HALES

382,0852 350,0844 350,0870 382,0874

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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.