Tornado Watch 741

Issued

Nov 9, 2002, 11:00 PM CST (05:00 UTC)

Expired

Nov 10, 2002, 4:00 AM CST

In force

5 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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WWUS20 KWNS 100458
SEL1  
SPC WW 100500
ILZ000-INZ000-KYZ000-TNZ000-101000-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 741
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1100 PM CST SAT NOV 9 2002

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

   SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS                           
   SOUTHERN INDIANA                            
   WESTERN KENTUCKY                           
   WESTERN TENNESSEE                          

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 1100 PM UNTIL
400 AM CST.

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 70 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES SOUTH OF JACKSON TENNESSEE TO 40 MILES
NORTH NORTHEAST OF EVANSVILLE INDIANA.

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 740.  WATCH NUMBER 740 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 1100 PM
CST.

DISCUSSION...CLUSTER OF SUPERCELL STORMS CONTINUES TO TRACK
EASTWARD ACROSS WESTERN TN...WHILE OTHER STRONG/SEVERE STORMS
PERSIST OVER SOUTHERN IL/WESTERN KY.  EXTREMELY STRONG WIND FIELDS
AND SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY SUPPORT A CONTINUED THREAT OF DAMAGING
WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS.

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 25035.

...HART

383,0855 350,0874 350,0900 383,0883

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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.