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WWUS20 KWNS 282322

SEL3

SPC WW 282322

INZ000-KYZ000-TNZ000-290400-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 93

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

625 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTHERN INDIANA

       CENTRAL KENTUCKY

       MIDDLE TENNESSEE



EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY EVENING FROM 625 PM UNTIL 1100 PM CDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND

GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE

AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 40 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF

LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY TO 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CROSSVILLE

TENNESSEE.  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 90...WW 91...WW 92...



DISCUSSION...LINE OF SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO TRACK

EASTWARD ACROSS CENTRAL KY/MIDDLE TN.  SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY

SUGGESTS STORMS MAY PERSIST FOR ANOTHER 2-3 HOURS WITH A CONTINUED

THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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

400. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22030.





...HART

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