Tornado Watch 797

Issued

Nov 9, 2000, 3:00 PM EST (20:00 UTC)

Expired

Nov 9, 2000, 8:00 PM EST

In force

5 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

235 
WWUS9 KMKC 091932
SEL7  

SEL7  
WWUS9 KMKC 091928
MKC WW 091928
KYZ000-NCZ000-TNZ000-VAZ000-100100-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 797
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
228 PM EST THU NOV 9 2000

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

   EASTERN KENTUCKY                           
   WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA                     
   EASTERN TENNESSEE                          
   WESTERN VIRGINIA                           

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 300 PM UNTIL 800
PM EST.

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 60 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF LEXINGTON KENTUCKY TO 60
MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF KNOXVILLE 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...WW 795...WW 796...

DISCUSSION...INTENSE SQUALL LINE CENTRAL KY/TN WILL MOVE RAPIDLY
EWD AS VIGOROUS VORT MAX AND MID LEVEL SPEED MAX MOVE INTO TN
VALLEY.  PRIMARY THREAT IS DAMAGING WINDS...HOWEVER STRONG SHEAR
PROFILES EXPECTED TO RESULT IN ISOLATED SUPERCELLS/TORNADOS
ALONG/AHEAD OF SQUALL LINE.


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 450. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23040.


...HALES

384,0830 350,0823 350,0843 384,0852

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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.