Tornado Watch 47

Issued

Mar 29, 2002, 3:00 PM CST (21:00 UTC)

Expired

Mar 29, 2002, 8:00 PM CST

In force

5 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WWUS20 KWNS 292036
SEL7  
SPC WW 292031
KYZ000-300200-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 47
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
331 PM EST FRI MAR 29 2002

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

   CENTRAL AND EASTERN KENTUCKY                           

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 400 PM UNTIL 900
PM EST.

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 75 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF BOWLING GREEN KENTUCKY TO
55 MILES NORTHEAST OF LEXINGTON 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 46...

DISCUSSION...LONG-LIVED SUPERCELL CONTINUES TO MOVE ESEWD AT 50 MPH
INTO CENTRAL KY ATTM.  AIR MASS REMAINS MODERATELY UNSTABLE WITH
STRONG LOW AND DEEP LAYER SHEAR INTO ERN KY...AND RESULT IN A
CONTINUED THREAT OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED
TORNADOES.


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 500. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27045.


...EVANS

363,0864 383,0851 383,0822 363,0840

WWUS20 KWNS 292036
SEL7  
SPC WW 292031
KYZ000-300200-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 47
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
331 PM EST FRI MAR 29 2002

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

   CENTRAL AND EASTERN KENTUCKY                           

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 400 PM UNTIL 900
PM EST.

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 75 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF BOWLING GREEN KENTUCKY TO
55 MILES NORTHEAST OF LEXINGTON 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 46...

DISCUSSION...LONG-LIVED SUPERCELL CONTINUES TO MOVE ESEWD AT 50 MPH
INTO CENTRAL KY ATTM.  AIR MASS REMAINS MODERATELY UNSTABLE WITH
STRONG LOW AND DEEP LAYER SHEAR INTO ERN KY...AND RESULT IN A
CONTINUED THREAT OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED
TORNADOES.


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 500. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27045.


...EVANS

363,0864 383,0851 383,0822 363,0840

Tornado 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.