Tornado Watch 802

Issued

Oct 24, 2001, 7:00 PM EDT (23:00 UTC)

Expired

Oct 25, 2001, 12:00 AM EDT

In force

5 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 802
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
544 PM CDT WED OCT 24 2001

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

   SOUTHERN INDIANA                            
   KENTUCKY                           
   WESTERN AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE                          

EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 600 PM UNTIL
1100 PM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 90 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF JACKSON TENNESSEE TO 35
MILES NORTH OF LEXINGTON 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 798.  WATCH NUMBER 798 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 600 PM
CDT.  CONTINUE...WW 797...WW 799...WW 800...WW 801...

DISCUSSION...WHILE STRONGEST SURFACE PRESSURE RISE/FALL COUPLET IS
HEADED NE ACROSS OH...IN ADVANCE OF EJECTING MID MS VLY SHORTWAVE
TROUGH...A BAND OF STRONG /60+ KT/ 0-6 KM WSWLY SHEAR WILL SWEEP E
ACROSS EXISTING SQUALL LINE WITH EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS.  STRONG SHEAR 
AND RELATIVELY WARM/MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER ENVIRONMENT APPEAR
SUPPORTIVE OF A FEW TORNADOES...MAINLY IN CRESTS AND APEXES OF
EMBEDDED LEWPS.  

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24045.

...CORFIDI

383,0825 345,0870 345,0901 383,0861

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