Tornado Watch 869

Issued

Nov 15, 2005, 3:15 PM CST (21:15 UTC)

Expired

Nov 15, 2005, 11:00 PM CST

In force

8 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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• Mesoscale Discussion 2429Nov 15, 12:34 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 2431Nov 15, 1:32 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 2432Nov 15, 2:55 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 2435Nov 15, 5:58 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 2440Nov 15, 8:29 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 2441Nov 15, 10:18 PM CST

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 869
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
315 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005

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

       NORTHWEST ALABAMA
       NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI
       MIDDLE TENNESSEE

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 315 PM UNTIL
1100 PM CST.

...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...

DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 2 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 95 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTHEAST OF NASHVILLE
TENNESSEE TO 45 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GREENWOOD MISSISSIPPI.  FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).

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 865...WW 866...WW 867...WW
868...

DISCUSSION...STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...INCLUDING INTENSE
TORNADIC SUPERCELLS OVER WESTERN TN...WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK
EASTWARD ACROSS WATCH AREA DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.  MODERATE
INSTABILITY AND APPROACH OF COLD FRONT WILL AID IN THE POTENTIAL FOR
SEVERE STORMS CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES. GREATEST
TORNADO THREAT WILL BE OVER MIDDLE TN...WITH THE THREAT DECREASING
SOUTHWARD.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.


...HART

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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.