Tornado Watch 48

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 Paducah radar (KPAH), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WWUS20 KWNS 292053
SEL8  
SPC WW 292048
ARZ000-ILZ000-INZ000-KYZ000-MOZ000-TNZ000-300200-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 48
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
248 PM CST FRI MAR 29 2002

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

   FAR NORTHEASTERN ARKANSAS                           
   SOUTHERN ILLINOIS                           
   SOUTHERN INDIANA                            
   WESTERN AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY                           
   SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI                           
   NORTHWESTERN TENNESSEE                          

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 300 PM UNTIL 800
PM CST.

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 85 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF DYERSBURG TENNESSEE TO 45
MILES NORTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE 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 46.  WATCH NUMBER 46 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 300 PM CST. 
CONTINUE...WW 47...

DISCUSSION...DEVELOPMENT CONTINUES TO INCREASE QUICKLY ATTM ALONG
COLD FRONT FROM SRN IL INTO SERN MO.  CAP WILL FURTHER WEAKEN
WITHIN MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIR MASS.  STRENGTH OF SHEAR PROFILES
WILL SUPPORT SUPERCELLS WITH GRADUAL EVOLUTION INTO A SQUALL LINE
LATER THIS EVENING.


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 29035.


...EVANS

355,0911 383,0875 383,0844 355,0880

WWUS20 KWNS 292053
SEL8  
SPC WW 292048
ARZ000-ILZ000-INZ000-KYZ000-MOZ000-TNZ000-300200-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 48
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
248 PM CST FRI MAR 29 2002

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

   FAR NORTHEASTERN ARKANSAS                           
   SOUTHERN ILLINOIS                           
   SOUTHERN INDIANA                            
   WESTERN AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY                           
   SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI                           
   NORTHWESTERN TENNESSEE                          

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 300 PM UNTIL 800
PM CST.

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 85 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF DYERSBURG TENNESSEE TO 45
MILES NORTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE 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 46.  WATCH NUMBER 46 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 300 PM CST. 
CONTINUE...WW 47...

DISCUSSION...DEVELOPMENT CONTINUES TO INCREASE QUICKLY ATTM ALONG
COLD FRONT FROM SRN IL INTO SERN MO.  CAP WILL FURTHER WEAKEN
WITHIN MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIR MASS.  STRENGTH OF SHEAR PROFILES
WILL SUPPORT SUPERCELLS WITH GRADUAL EVOLUTION INTO A SQUALL LINE
LATER THIS EVENING.


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 29035.


...EVANS

355,0911 383,0875 383,0844 355,0880

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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.