Tornado Watch 514

Issued

Jun 19, 2011, 5:01 PM CDT (22:01 UTC)

Expired

Jun 19, 2011, 9:31 PM CDT

In force

5 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

2.5 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

Two or more tornadoes

40%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

20%

Ten or more severe wind reports

30%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

20%

Ten or more severe hail reports

40%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

30%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

80%

• Mesoscale Discussion 1297Jun 19, 3:12 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1300Jun 19, 4:30 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1304Jun 19, 6:18 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1306Jun 19, 8:07 PM CDT

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SPC WW 192203
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 514
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
505 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011

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

       FAR SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
       WESTERN AND SOUTHERN KENTUCKY
       FAR EASTERN MISSOURI
       NORTHERN AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE

EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON FROM 505 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2.5 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 40 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF
PADUCAH KENTUCKY TO 20 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF CROSSVILLE
TENNESSEE.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).

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 511...WW 512...WW 513...

DISCUSSION...TSTMS MAY CONTINUE TO FORM ALONG CONFLUENCE ZONE ARCING
ROUGHLY W-E INVOF THE KY-TN BORDER...WHERE VERY STRONG
INSTABILITY...MOIST LOW LVL ENVIRONMENT...AND MODERATE SHEAR SUGGEST
POSSIBILITY FOR A FEW SUSTAINED SUPERCELLS WITH LARGE HAIL/HIGH WIND
AND TORNADOES.  LARGE SCALE ASCENT/LOW LVL WAA MAY BE ENHANCED BY A
WEAK IMPULSE NOW CROSSING THE MID MS VLY PER SATELLITE IMAGERY.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 30025.


...CORFIDI

Tornado Watches in Tennessee, 2011Tornado Watches in Kentucky, 2011Tornado Watches in Illinois, 2011Every tornado watch in 2011

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.