Tornado Watch 165

Issued

Apr 28, 2002, 5:15 AM CDT (10:15 UTC)

Expired

Apr 28, 2002, 9:00 AM CDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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WWUS20 KWNS 280956
SEL5  
SPC WW 280952
KYZ000-TNZ000-281400-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 165
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
452 AM CDT SUN APR 28 2002

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

CENTRAL AND EASTERN KENTUCKY                           
MIDDLE TENNESSEE                          

EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING FROM 515 AM UNTIL 900 AM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO
70 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 40 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF NASHVILLE TENNESSEE TO
35 MILES NORTHWEST OF JACKSON 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...  CONTINUE...WW 164...

DISCUSSION...LONG-LIVED SUPERCELLS SHOULD PERSIST FOR ANOTHER
COUPLE OF HOURS ACROSS CENTRAL KY AND MIDDLE TN...WITH THE THREAT
FOR A COUPLE OF TORNADOES.  LATER THIS MORNING...EXPECT THE TORNADO
THREAT TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH AS STORMS ENCOUNTER LESSER INSTABILITY
TOWARD ERN KY/TN.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH...EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27040.

...THOMPSON

375,0824 353,0855 353,0880 375,0845

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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.