Tornado Watch 164

Issued

Apr 28, 2002, 2:00 AM CDT (07:00 UTC)

Expired

Apr 28, 2002, 7:00 AM CDT

In force

5 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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WWUS20 KWNS 280651
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SPC WW 280645
ARZ000-ILZ000-KYZ000-MOZ000-TNZ000-281200-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 164
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
145 AM CDT SUN APR 28 2002

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

EXTREME NORTHEAST ARKANSAS                           
EXTREME SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS                           
WESTERN AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY                           
THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL                            
NORTHWEST TENNESSEE                          

EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING FROM 200 AM UNTIL 700 AM 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 25 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF DYERSBURG TENNESSEE TO
45 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF OWENSBORO 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 161...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 162.  WATCH NUMBER 161...162 WILL
NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 200 AM CDT.  CONTINUE...WW 163...

DISCUSSION...SUPERCELLS WILL CONTINE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AS
ONGOING CONVECTION ENCOUNTERS AXIS OF MID-UPPER 60 DEW POINTS AND
MODERATE INSTABILITY ACROSS WRN TN/KY.  IN SPITE OF THE TIME OF
DAY...THE RICH MOISTURE AND EXTREMELY STRONG LOW-LEVEL SHEAR WILL
SUPPORT A THREAT OF TORNADOES THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...
WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF AN ISOLATED STRONG TORNADO.  

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 450. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26045.

...THOMPSON

375,0844 353,0875 353,0911 375,0880

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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.