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WWUS20 KWNS 050812
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SPC WW 050815
NCZ000-TNZ000-051400-
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 245
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
415 AM EDT MON MAY 5 2003
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
FAR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
EAST TENNESSEE
EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING FROM 415 AM UNTIL 1000 AM EDT.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 55 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 60 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES NORTH OF KNOXVILLE TENNESSEE TO 10 MILES
EAST SOUTHEAST OF CHATTANOOGA TENNESSEE.
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 240...WW 241...WW 242...WW
243...WW 244...
DISCUSSION...MIDDLE TENNESSEE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
EWD INTO E TN THROUGH MID MORNING. STRONG LOW LEVEL VEERING
PROFILES AND MODEST LOW LEVEL AIR MASS RECOVERY EXPECTED TO MAINTAIN
THREAT FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES...ESPECIALLY IN WRN PART OF WATCH.
DAMAGING WIND AND MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL EXPECTED TO BE THE PRIMARY
THREATS IN NRN AREAS.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26040.
...CORFIDI
363,0825 345,0835 345,0860 363,0850