Tornado Watch 541

Issued

Oct 13, 2014, 4:54 PM EDT (20:54 UTC)

Expired

Oct 14, 2014, 12:30 AM EDT

In force

8 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

0.5 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Two or more tornadoes

50%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

20%

Ten or more severe wind reports

70%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

5%

Ten or more severe hail reports

10%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

5%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

90%

• Mesoscale Discussion 1875Oct 13, 3:54 PM EDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1881Oct 13, 6:47 PM EDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1882Oct 13, 8:26 PM EDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1884Oct 13, 9:39 PM EDT

799 
WWUS20 KWNS 132058
SEL1  
SPC WW 132058
ILZ000-INZ000-KYZ000-140500-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 541
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
455 PM EDT MON OCT 13 2014

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
  SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS
  SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA
  WESTERN AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 455 PM
  UNTIL 100 AM EDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
  A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE
  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF
INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA TO FORT CAMPBELL KENTUCKY.  FOR A COMPLETE
DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 535...WW 536...WW
537...WW 538...WW 539...WW 540...

DISCUSSION...STRENGTHENING ASCENT AND SSWLY DEEP SHEAR...COUPLED
WITH PERSISTENT...MOIST SLY LOW-LVL MOISTURE RETURN...EXPECTED TO
MAINTAIN A RISK FOR LOCALLY DMGG WIND AND OCCASIONAL TORNADOES ALONG
AND AHEAD OF SRN IL/WRN KY SQLN. A MORE LIMITED/CONDITIONAL SVR
THREAT ALSO WILL EXIST WITH MORE ISOLD STORMS THAT COULD FORM LATER
THIS EVE AHEAD OF SQLN IN CNTRL KY. WHILE WEAK MID-LVL LAPSE RATES
WILL LIMIT COVERAGE/VIGOR OF SUSTAINED UPDRAFTS...THOSE LONGER-LIVED
STORMS THAT DO FORM WILL BE PRONE TO LEWPS/SMALL BOWS WITH A RISK
FOR BOTH DMGG WIND AND TORNADOES.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 20045.


...CORFIDI

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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.