Tornado Watch 9

Issued

Jan 3, 2000, 5:00 PM EST (22:00 UTC)

Expired

Jan 3, 2000, 10:00 PM EST

In force

5 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WWUS9 KMKC 032131
SEL9  
MKC WW 032131
INZ000-KYZ000-TNZ000-040300-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 9
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
331 PM CST MON JAN 3 2000

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

   PARTS OF SOUTHERN INDIANA                            
   WESTERN AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY                           
   NORTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE                          

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 400 PM UNTIL 900
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 30 MILES SOUTH OF CLARKSVILLE TENNESSEE TO 15 MILES
NORTH NORTHEAST 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 TORNADO WATCH
NUMBER 5.  WATCH NUMBER 5 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 400 PM CST. 
CONTINUE...WW 6...WW 7...WW 8...

DISCUSSION...LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH EMBEDDED BOW ECHOEAS
ARE MOVING EWD ACROSS EXTREME WRN KY.  AIR MASS REMAINS MODERATELY
UNSTABLE WITH DEEP LAYER SHEAR PRESENT.  


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

361,0884 382,0865 382,0841 361,0861

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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.