URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 203 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 230 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY MIDDLE TENNESSEE EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 230 PM UNTIL 800 PM CDT. HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 45 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLARKSVILLE TENNESSEE TO 40 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF BOWLING GREEN KENTUCKY. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3). REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES. OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 200...WW 201...WW 202... DISCUSSION...A LONG-LIVED CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN TN WILL TRACK EAST-NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THIS AFTERNOON. BOWING STRUCTURES ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF THE CONVECTION WILL POSE A RISK OF LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS. LARGE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGER CORES. AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.
Monday, April 25, 2011
April 25: Severe Thunderstorm Watch #1
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