Severe Thunderstorm Watch 6

Issued

Jan 24, 2002, 1:15 AM CST (07:15 UTC)

Expired

Jan 24, 2002, 4:00 AM CST

In force

3 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

000 
WWUS20 KWNS 240700
SEL6  
SPC WW 240655
KYZ000-TNZ000-241000-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 6
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1255 AM CST THU JAN 24 2002

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY                           
WESTERN AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE                          

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING FROM 115 AM UNTIL 400 AM CST.

HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 65 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF JACKSON
TENNESSEE TO 55 MILES NORTHEAST OF BOWLING GREEN KENTUCKY.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR 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.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
TORNADOES.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...  CONTINUE...WW 5...

DISCUSSION...BOW ECHOES WITHIN SQUALL LINE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE
GENERALLY EWD AROUND 45 KT ACROSS SRN KY/WRN TN.  MUCAPE IN EXCESS
OF 1000 J/KG BASED NEAR THE SURFACE...50-60 KT FLOW IN THE LOWEST
FEW THOUSAND FEET...AND VERY MOIST PROFILES WILL SUPPORT A WIND
DAMAGE THREAT FOR ANOTHER FEW HOURS BEFORE THE STORMS WEAKEN.

AVIATION...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 26045.


...THOMPSON

373,0843 345,0880 345,0902 373,0865

WWUS20 KWNS 240700
SEL6  
SPC WW 240655
KYZ000-TNZ000-241000-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 6
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1255 AM CST THU JAN 24 2002

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY                           
WESTERN AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE                          

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING FROM 115 AM UNTIL 400 AM CST.

HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 65 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF JACKSON
TENNESSEE TO 55 MILES NORTHEAST OF BOWLING GREEN KENTUCKY.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR 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.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
TORNADOES.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...  CONTINUE...WW 5...

DISCUSSION...BOW ECHOES WITHIN SQUALL LINE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE
GENERALLY EWD AROUND 45 KT ACROSS SRN KY/WRN TN.  MUCAPE IN EXCESS
OF 1000 J/KG BASED NEAR THE SURFACE...50-60 KT FLOW IN THE LOWEST
FEW THOUSAND FEET...AND VERY MOIST PROFILES WILL SUPPORT A WIND
DAMAGE THREAT FOR ANOTHER FEW HOURS BEFORE THE STORMS WEAKEN.

AVIATION...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 26045.


...THOMPSON

373,0843 345,0880 345,0902 373,0865

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Tennessee, 2002Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kentucky, 2002Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2002

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.