

795 

WWUS20 KWNS 010940

SEL3

SPC WW 010940

KYZ000-011400-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 123

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

540 AM EDT SAT MAY 1 2010



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       CENTRAL KENTUCKY



EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING FROM 540 AM UNTIL 1000 AM EDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS

TO 75 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BOWLING

GREEN KENTUCKY TO 95 MILES NORTHEAST OF BOWLING GREEN KENTUCKY.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



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 120...WW 121...WW 122...



DISCUSSION...SVR BOW ECHO FCST TO MOVE ENEWD ACROSS WW AREA WITH

POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING GUSTS...ALONG WITH A TORNADO OR TWO FROM

BOOKEND VORTEX/QLCS CIRCULATIONS.  INSTABILITY FCST TO BECOME

PROGRESSIVELY WEAKER WITH EWD EXTENT...HOWEVER STG CONVECTIVE SCALE

FORCING ALONG LEADING EDGE MAY MAINTAIN SVR THREAT ACROSS ENTIRE WW

AREA.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND

GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25040.





...EDWARDS/CORFIDI

