Tornado Watch 845

Issued

Nov 6, 2005, 2:30 AM CST (08:30 UTC)

Expired

Nov 6, 2005, 6:03 AM CST

In force

4 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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• Mesoscale Discussion 2379Nov 5, 11:57 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 2381Nov 6, 2:13 AM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 2383Nov 6, 5:20 AM CST

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WWUS20 KWNS 060830
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SPC WW 060830
ARZ000-INZ000-KYZ000-OHZ000-TNZ000-LEZ000-061200-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 845
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
330 AM EST SUN NOV 6 2005

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

       EXTREME NORTHEAST ARKANSAS
       MUCH OF INDIANA
       WESTERN AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY
       WESTERN OHIO
       WESTERN AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE
       LAKE ERIE

EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING FROM 330 AM UNTIL 700 AM EST.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF TOLEDO OHIO TO
35 MILES EAST OF MEMPHIS TENNESSEE.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF
THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS
WOU5).

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 844. WATCH NUMBER 844 WILL NOT BE IN
EFFECT AFTER 330 AM EST. CONTINUE...WW 843...

DISCUSSION...STRONG INCREASE IN DEEP SHEAR THAT HAS OCCURRED OVER
THE LWR OH VLY IN RESPONSE TO CONTINUED ENE MOTION OF 75 KT MID
LEVEL SPEED MAX NOW OVER SRN MO HAS RESULTED IN MORE DISCRETE STORM
MODE OVER WRN TN/ WRN KY AND SRN IND COMPARED TO EARLIER THIS
MORNING.  GIVEN EXPECTED CONTINUED STRENGTHENING OF LOW TO MID LEVEL
SHEAR AND QUASI-DISCRETE SUPERCELLULAR MODE...POTENTIAL MAY PERSIST
FOR TORNADOES IN ADDITION TO HIGH WIND/HAIL.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
400. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24050.


...CORFIDI

414,0825 350,0881 350,0902 414,0850

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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.