Tornado Watch 747

Issued

Nov 10, 2002, 4:35 PM EST (21:35 UTC)

Expired

Nov 10, 2002, 10:00 PM EST

In force

5 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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WWUS20 KWNS 102134
SEL7  
SPC WW 102135 
OHZ000-LEZ000-110300-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 747
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
435 PM EST SUN NOV 10 2002

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

NORTHERN OHIO
SOUTHERN LAKE ERIE

EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 435 PM UNTIL 1000
PM EST.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH 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 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MANSFIELD OHIO TO 20 MILES
NORTHWEST OF CLEVELAND 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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 744.  WATCH NUMBER 744 WILL NOT BE IN
EFFECT AFTER 435 PM EST.  CONTINUE...WW 743...WW 745...WW 746...

DISCUSSION...ISOLATED SUPERCELLS ARE DEVELOPING E OF THE SQUALL
LINE IN NW OH.  GIVEN THE STRONG VERTICAL SHEAR AND MODERATE
INSTABILITY OVER NRN OH...SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE
TORNADOES PRIOR TO AND AS THEY MERGE WITH THE SQUALL LINE. 
OTHERWISE... EXPECT DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED LARGE HAIL WITH THE
SQUALL LINE ITSELF.


AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH...EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24045.


...THOMPSON

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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.