Tornado Watch 42

Issued

Feb 5, 2008, 11:41 PM CST (05:41 UTC)

Expired

Feb 6, 2008, 5:00 AM CST

In force

5 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

1.5 in

Strongest gust expected

70 kt

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Two or more tornadoes

40%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

20%

Ten or more severe wind reports

60%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

50%

Ten or more severe hail reports

30%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

20%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

90%

• Mesoscale Discussion 170Feb 5, 9:19 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 174Feb 6, 1:48 AM CST

000
WWUS20 KWNS 060540
SEL2  
SPC WW 060540
KYZ000-OHZ000-061100-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 42
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1240 AM EST WED FEB 6 2008

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

       CENTRAL AND EASTERN KENTUCKY
       SOUTHERN OHIO

EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 1240 AM UNTIL 600 AM EST.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 80 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 95 MILES NORTHEAST OF
CINCINNATI OHIO TO 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LONDON KENTUCKY.  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...CONTINUE...WW 37...WW 39...WW 40...WW
41...

DISCUSSION...INTENSE SQUALL LINE IS MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS PARTS OF
KY/IND AND INTO WATCH AREA.  THESE STORMS WILL MAINTAIN A RISK OF
WIDESPREAD STRONG/DAMAGING WINDS THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT. 
ALSO...ISOLATED SUPERCELL STORMS AHEAD OF THE LINE WILL BE CAPABLE
OF HAIL AND TORNADOES...MAINLY OVER KY AND FAR SOUTHERN PARTS OF OH.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
400. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24045.


...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.