Tornado Watch 249

Issued

May 5, 2003, 8:35 AM EDT (12:35 UTC)

Expired

May 5, 2003, 2:00 PM EDT

In force

5 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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• Mesoscale Discussion 754May 5, 5:18 AM EDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 756May 5, 7:32 AM EDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 761May 5, 11:12 AM EDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 764May 5, 12:59 PM EDT

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WWUS20 KWNS 051237
SEL9  
SPC WW 051235
KYZ000-051800-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 249 
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 
835 AM EDT MON MAY 5 2003

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

       CENTRAL AND EASTERN KENTUCKY

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 835 AM UNTIL 200
PM EDT.

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 120 STATUTE MILES EAST AND
WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF LEXINGTON KENTUCKY
TO 70 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST 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 245...WW 246...WW 247...WW
248...


DISCUSSION...MCS OVER CNTRL KY HAS BECOME ORIENTED PARALLEL TO WLY
DEEP SHEAR VECTOR.  WITH DEEP SHEAR ON THE ORDER OF 50 KTS AND ONSET
DIURNAL HEATING...POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR STORM ITENSIFICATION AND
EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS WITH ISOLATED TORNADOES.  

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 26045.


...CORFIDI

381,0821 363,0830 363,0872 381,0864

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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.