Tornado Watch 142

Issued

Apr 2, 2006, 11:27 PM EDT (03:27 UTC)

Expired

Apr 3, 2006, 6:00 AM EDT

In force

7 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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WWUS20 KWNS 030326
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SPC WW 030326
TNZ000-031000-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 142
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1030 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2006

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

       MIDDLE AND EASTERN TENNESSEE

EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 1030 PM UNTIL
500 AM CDT.

TORNADOES...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 55 STATUTE MILES
NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 70 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLARKSVILLE
TENNESSEE TO 55 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF KNOXVILLE TENNESSEE.  FOR
A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).

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 138. WATCH NUMBER 138 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER
1030 PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 137...WW 139...WW 140...WW 141...

DISCUSSION...SCATTERED SEVERE/SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO
RE-DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN TN.  THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY MAINTAIN
THEIR INTENSITY AS THEY SPREAD EASTWARD OVERNIGHT.  AMPLE
INSTABILITY AND STRONG WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE TO POSE A
RISK OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES IN
STRONGER CELLS.

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 27035.


...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.