Tornado Watch 52

Issued

Mar 9, 2006, 12:55 PM CST (18:55 UTC)

Expired

Mar 9, 2006, 6:56 PM CST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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• Mesoscale Discussion 205Mar 9, 10:30 AM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 211Mar 9, 3:32 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 213Mar 9, 4:44 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 214Mar 9, 4:54 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 216Mar 9, 6:54 PM CST

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 52
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1255 PM CST THU MAR 9 2006

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

       EXTREME SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS
       EXTREME SOUTHERN INDIANA
       WESTERN KENTUCKY
       THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL
       WESTERN TENNESSEE

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1255 PM UNTIL
700 PM CST.

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 APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF EVANSVILLE
INDIANA TO 40 MILES SOUTH OF JACKSON 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 49. WATCH NUMBER 49 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 1255
PM CST. CONTINUE...WW 50...WW 51...

DISCUSSION...PRE-FRONTAL SQUALL LINE WILL CONTINUE EWD THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON/EVENING.  THOUGH INSTABILITY WILL REMAIN SOMEWHAT LIMITED
IN A NARROW CORRIDOR AHEAD OF THE STORMS...VERY STRONG WIND
FIELDS/SHEAR WILL SUPPORT A THREAT FOR DAMAGING GUSTS AND A COUPLE
OF TORNADOES WITH EMBEDDED BOW/SUPERCELL STRUCTURES.

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 400.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24045.


...THOMPSON

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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.