Tornado Watch 196

Issued

May 1, 2002, 3:45 PM EST (20:45 UTC)

Expired

May 1, 2002, 9:00 PM EST

In force

5 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WWUS20 KWNS 012036
SEL6  
SPC WW 012028
INZ000-KYZ000-OHZ000-020200-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 196
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
428 PM EDT WED MAY 1 2002

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

   SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA                            
   CENTRAL AND EASTERN KENTUCKY                           
   SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO                            
  
EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 445 PM UNTIL
1000 PM EDT.

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 90 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
TO 15 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF HUNTINGTON WEST VIRGINIA.

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 194...WW 195...

DISCUSSION...LARGE SUPERCELL CLUSTER NOW MOVING INTO SWRN IND WILL
CONTINUE ESEWD ALONG WARM FRONT FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS.  SURFACE
PRESSURE FALLS AND INCREASING INSTABILITY WILL OVERSPREAD MUCH OF
WW THIS EVENING.  GIVEN THE IMPRESSIVE LOW LEVEL SHEAR...TORNADOES
WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE...INCLUDING AN ISOLATED STRONG TORNADO. 
SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE THREAT WILL ALSO INCREASE IF BOW ECHO
DEVELOPS.


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 500. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 28045.


...EVANS

394,0863 392,0822 365,0822 370,0863

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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.