Tornado Watch 50

Issued

Mar 29, 2002, 6:30 PM CST (00:30 UTC)

Expired

Mar 30, 2002, 12:00 AM CST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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WWUS20 KWNS 300018
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SPC WW 300014
KYZ000-TNZ000-300600-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 50
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
614 PM CST FRI MAR 29 2002

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

   EASTERN KENTUCKY                           
   MIDDLE TENNESSEE                          

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 630 PM UNTIL
MIDNIGHT 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 80 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 85 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF NASHVILLE TENNESSEE TO
35 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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO WATCH
NUMBER 47.  WATCH NUMBER 47 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 630 PM CST. 
CONTINUE...WW 48...WW 49...

DISCUSSION...LINE OF STRONG/SEVERE STORMS EXTENDS ACROSS CENTRAL KY
INTO WESTERN TN...WHILE NEW CELLS SLOWLY FORM AHEAD OF LINE.  THIS
ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT MIDDLE TN AND EASTERN KY THROUGH THE
EVENING HOURS.  MODERATE INSTABILITY AND STRONG LOW AND DEEP LAYER
VERTICAL SHEAR PROFILES SUGGEST THE POTENTIAL FOR 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 27035.

...HART

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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.