Tornado Watch 745

Issued

Nov 10, 2002, 3:35 PM EST (20:35 UTC)

Expired

Nov 10, 2002, 10:00 PM EST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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WWUS20 KWNS 102037
SEL5  
SPC WW 102035
INZ000-KYZ000-OHZ000-110300-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 745
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
335 PM EST SUN NOV 10 2002

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

SOUTHEAST INDIANA                            
WESTERN AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY                           
SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL OHIO                               

EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 335 PM UNTIL 1000
PM EST.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 100 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OWENSBORO KENTUCKY TO 30 MILES
NORTH NORTHWEST OF COLUMBUS OHIO.

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 743...WW 744...

DISCUSSION...SEVERE STORMS ALONG COLD FRONT WILL SPREAD EWD INTO
KY...SE INDIANA...AND SW OH THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  ADDITIONAL
DEVELOPMENT IS ALSO POSSIBLE E OF THE BROKEN SQUALL LINE.  STRONG
DEEP LAYER AND LOW-LEVEL SHEAR...ALONG WITH MUCAPE VALUES 2000-2500
J/KG...WILL SUPPORT SUPERCELLS WITH TORNADOES. ISOLATED STRONG
TORNADOES MAY OCCUR WITH A FEW STORMS...ESPECIALLY DISCRETE CELLS
E OF THE SQUALL LINE.  OTHERWISE...WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS AND
HAIL WILL ARE ALSO EXPECTED WITH EMBEDDED BOW ECHOES. 


AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24045.


...THOMPSON

402,0811 371,0845 371,0882 402,0850

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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.