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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 113

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

200 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2011



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       LARGE PART OF EASTERN KENTUCKY

       PARTS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA

       EASTERN TENNESSEE

       PARTS OF WESTERN VIRGINIA

       SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA



EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 200 PM UNTIL

900 PM EDT.



TORNADOES...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 95 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES NORTHWEST OF BECKLEY

WEST VIRGINIA TO 60 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF KNOXVILLE 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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES SEVERE

THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 112. WATCH NUMBER 112 WILL NOT BE IN

EFFECT AFTER 200 PM EDT.



DISCUSSION...SUPERCELLS ARE DEVELOPING AHEAD OF THE MCS AND

ASSOCIATED BAND OF STRONG MID LEVEL JET. WITH AVAILABLE INSTABILITY

TORNADO THREAT HAS INCREASED AND WATCH 112 HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A

TORNADO WATCH.



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

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 28035.





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