Tornado Watch 267

Issued

May 9, 2002, 11:15 AM EDT (15:15 UTC)

Expired

May 9, 2002, 4:00 PM EDT

In force

5 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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WWUS20 KWNS 091502
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SPC WW 091453
KYZ000-OHZ000-PAZ000-VAZ000-WVZ000-LEZ000-092000-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 267
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1053 AM EDT THU MAY 9 2002

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

   EASTERN KENTUCKY                           
   EASTERN OHIO                               
   WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA                       
   WESTERN VIRGINIA                           
   WEST VIRGINIA                      
   LAKE ERIE                          

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 1115 AM UNTIL
400 PM EDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH 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 EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF PIKEVILLE KENTUCKY TO 45
MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF FRANKLIN PENNSYLVANIA.

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.

DISCUSSION...LINE OF STORMS FROM OH INTO KY WILL STRENGTHEN AS
INSTABILITY INCREASES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. STRONG DIRECTIONAL
WINDS SUGGESTS THAT DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT...BUT
VEERING BOUNDARY LAYER WIND SUGGEST THE THREAT FOR BOW ECHO
TORNADOES WITHIN THE LINE AND PERHAPS WITHIN ISOLATED STORMS THAT
DEVELOP AHEAD OF LINE.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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 500. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26040.

...IMY

415,0782 363,0811 363,0843 415,0815

Tornado Watches in Ohio, 2002Tornado Watches in West Virginia, 2002Tornado Watches in Kentucky, 2002Every tornado 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.