Tornado Watch 753

Issued

Nov 10, 2002, 10:45 PM EST (03:45 UTC)

Expired

Nov 11, 2002, 4:00 AM EST

In force

5 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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WWUS20 KWNS 110345
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SPC WW 110345
KYZ000-MDZ000-NCZ000-TNZ000-VAZ000-WVZ000-110900-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 753
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1045 PM EST SUN NOV 10 2002

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

   EASTERN KENTUCKY                           
   EXTREME WESTERN MARYLAND                           
   WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA                     
   EAST TENNESSEE                          
   WESTERN VIRGINIA                           
   MUCH OF WEST VIRGINIA                      

EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 1045 PM UNTIL
400 AM EST.

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 65 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES EAST OF CHATTANOOGA TENNESSEE TO 50 MILES
NORTH NORTHWEST OF ELKINS WEST VIRGINIA.

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 749.  WATCH NUMBER 749 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 1045 PM
EST.  CONTINUE...WW 748...WW 750...WW 751...WW 752...

DISCUSSION...SQUALL LINE PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS WILL TRACK
EASTWARD ACROSS WV...WHILE EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS TRACK EASTWARD
ACROSS EAST KY/TN.  THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST FOR
SEVERAL MORE HOURS...WITH A CONTINUED THREAT OF TORNADOES.

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 25040.

...HART

393,0785 350,0832 350,0853 393,0812

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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.