URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 238 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 335 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF MIDDLE AND EASTERN TENNESSEE EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FROM 335 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT. ...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION... DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 3 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 50 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 70 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF NASHVILLE TENNESSEE TO 25 MILES EAST OF KNOXVILLE TENNESSEE. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8). 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 232...WW 233...WW 234...WW 235...WW 236... DISCUSSION...A VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DEVELOP NORTHWARD INTO TN THIS EVENING IN THE WAKE OF A MORNING MCS. WITHIN AN INCREASINGLY SHEARED ENVIRONMENT...ACCENTUATED BY LONG/CURVING LOW LEVEL HODOGRAPHS...SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF TORNADOES /SOME STRONG/ WILL BE AN INCREASING/MORE WIDESPREAD CONCERN INTO THIS EVENING. AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24040.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
April 27: PDS Tornado Watch #3
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