Tornado Watch 746

Issued

Nov 10, 2002, 3:00 PM CST (21:00 UTC)

Expired

Nov 10, 2002, 9:00 PM CST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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WWUS20 KWNS 102254
SEL6  

SPC WW 102100
ARZ000-KYZ000-MOZ000-TNZ000-110300-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 746
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
300 PM CST SUN NOV 10 2002

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

EXTREME NORTHEAST ARKANSAS                           
SOUTHERN KENTUCKY                           
THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL                           
WESTERN AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE                          

EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 300 PM UNTIL 900
PM CST.

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 150 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF JACKSON TENNESSEE TO 25
MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF BOWLING GREEN 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 743...WW 744...WW 745...

DISCUSSION...STORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP SWD ALONG THE COLD FRONT
ACROSS SE MO/NE AR...WHILE MORE ISOLATED STORMS ARE FORMING IN THE
WARM SECTOR NEAR BNA.  THE THREAT FOR ISOLATED STRONG TORNADOES
WILL INCREASE ACROSS TN/KY AS THE WARM SECTOR STORMS INTENSIFY...IN
AN ENVIRONMENT OF STRONG VERTICAL AND MODERATE-STRONG INSTABILITY. 
OTHERWISE...EXPECT THE COLD FRONTAL SQUALL LINE TO PROGRESS EWD
THROUGH THE EVENING AND BE ACCOMPANIED BY WIDESPREAD DAMAGING
WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND A FEW TORNADOES.


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

371,0835 345,0855 345,0911 371,0891

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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.